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.
Unfavorable; pernicious; tending to injure; as a malign aspect of planets. 1  3. Malignant; pernicious; as a malign ulcer. 2  1. Unfavorableness; unpropitiousness; as the malignancy of the aspect of planets. 3  2. Virulence; tendency to mortification or to a fatal issue; as the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.