In my previous project management column, I discussed the three critical roles in a Scrum team: the ScrumMaster, the product owner, and the development team. In this installment, I will focus on the ceremonies (also known as activities) common to every Scrum project.
Definition of malign. 1a : evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious the malign effects of illicit drugsb : malignant, virulent a malign lesion.
Then you know a malingerer. The verb malinger comes from the French word malingre, meaning sickly, and one who malingers feigns illness. In its earliest uses in the 19th century, malinger usually referred to a soldier or sailor pretending to be sick or insane to shirk duty. Later, psychologists began using malingering as a clinical term to describe the feigning of illness in avoidance of a duty or for personal gain.