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Slide 1: Scrum Out of the Nutshell We Make Teams Better. www.3back.com Douglas Shimp doug.shimp@3back.com
Slide 2: What You Focus on matters Depends our process Depends on the people Depends on our tools Depends on our environments Depends on Stakeholders And more The Work We Do is defined by the questions we ask! (sometimes called our process) © 3Back.com 2009 2 6/16/2009
Slide 3: Scrum is A simple framework that can be understood and implemented in a few days An approach to managing complexity that is optimized for new product development A collaborative effort involving developers and customers in ongoing dialog A work management wrapper around existing engineering practice. “Scrum is not a methodology – it is a pathway” (Ken Schwaber) © 3Back.com 2009 3 6/16/2009 Scrum
Slide 4: Seeds of Scrum Why Scrum Out of A Nutshell: What you nurture when you apply the scrum framework is always unique and interesting. Dealing with what is revealed is where it gets hard ☺ © 3Back.com 2009 4 6/16/2009
Slide 5: Scrum Has Team Roots Scrum Alliance (A WHOLE COMMUNITY – THE ACTION ARM OF AGILE) Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutterland Mike Cohn (user stories) Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonak The New Product Developmetn Game Agile Manifesto (many authors REBIRTH) Deming (14 points) Mike Beedle Growth in Science Numerous contributions Taiichi Ohno Toyota Production System Eric Von Clauswitz (1820s gave rise to Complexity Theory) James Maxwell second great unification in physics Sun Tzu (500 BC Art of War) © 3Back.com 2009 5 6/16/2009
Slide 6: Fundamental Unit of Scrum The Scrum Team © 3Back.com 2009 6 6/16/2009
Slide 7: Scrum Roles The ScrumTeam ► Defines the features of the product, decides on release date and ► ► ► ► Product Owner content Is responsible for the profitability of the product (ROI) Prioritizes features according to market value Can change features and priority every 30 days Accepts or rejects work results ► Ensures that the team is fully functional and productive ► Enables close cooperation across all roles and functions and removes barriers ► Shields the team from external interferences ► Ensures that the process is followed. Invites to daily scrum, iteration Scrum Master review and planning meetings ► Cross-functional, seven plus/minus two members ► Selects the iteration goal and specifies work results ► Has the right to do everything within the boundaries of the project Team guidelines to reach the iteration goal ► Organizes itself and its work ► Demos work results to the Product Owner © 3Back.com 2009 7 6/16/2009
Slide 8: The Backlog Two Kinds of Backlogs Sprint Backlog Product Backlog We can make this much more structured. © 3Back.com 2009 8 6/16/2009
Slide 9: Backlogs On A Wall Two Kinds of Backlogs Sprint Backlog Product Backlog We can make this much more structured. © 3Back.com 2009 6/16/2009 9
Slide 10: The Release Our goal is to produce a valued result. Release is how we measure and understand the success of our effort. © 3Back.com 2009 10 6/16/2009
Slide 11: The Sprint and Scrum Flow Inspect Adapt Daily Standup 2 Reports •The Work We Do • Metrics • Impediments Sprint Sprint Planning 1 Sprint Backlog Meaningful Increment of Product Product Product Backlog Sprint Review • Product Demo 3 • Team Retrospective © 3Back.com 2009 11 6/16/2009
Slide 12: The Basic Scrum Engine Business Owner Scrum Master Product Owner Product Backlog Product Walls of the “Container”: Time-boxing Impediment Resolution Cross-functionality Self-Organization Health of the Team Health of the Product Clear Acceptance Criteria “Done” Cross-Functional Team © 3Back.com 2009 12 6/16/2009
Slide 13: We Add Process Rhythms To Our Work Sprints Releases Milestones Dialog © 3Back.com 2009 13 6/16/2009
Slide 14: Applied Scrum Is Hard! PO SM Changing our Habits, Behaviors and Ingrained Perceptions! Intentional Change Team Simple Framework to Use! © 3Back.com 2009 14 6/16/2009
Slide 15: “Agile Attractors for Effective Thinking” Let the Product Lead Keep it Visible Biggest threat to a project/product! Not have a rapidly responding empowered product owner “ signals pass through brain areas like progressive waves, back and forth..” – 70% Visual Processing One Bite at a Time - Classic mistake and I still make it all the time Get to “Done” - Attitude & Robustness Be empirical Don’t take our word for it! Leverage Social Intelligence © 3Back.com 2009 15 6/16/2009
Slide 16: More Agile Attractors Some more Words Are Not Concepts Great Design Emerges Making a belief out of a model Pay attention and adapt No head works alone!!! Leverage Social Intelligence © 3Back.com 2009 6/16/2009 Others you might recognize Perfect is the enemy of good - Voltaire No plan survives 1st contact with the enemy - Moltke “ I lack the time to keep it short ” -Pascal 16
Slide 17: Scrum’s Big Rule The team will adapt its processes to realities they encounter and improve their abilities to deliver quality product, within organizational constraints. Scrum, applied well, has both descriptive and prescriptive elements Descriptive: observations we can look for as we mature Prescriptive: telling us how to get started and balance 3 Roles, 3 Meetings, 3 Artifacts Scrum, Lean, XP, PMBOK, etc. can succeed Think “agile pathways” the result of those pathways when applied with care = well formed team WFT 6/16/2009 © 3Back.com 2009 17
Slide 18: Supporting Success Leadership not using clear evidence to decide if their Product Development practice is succeeding is failing! A defined process is not evidence! Don’t rely on fuzzy intelligence, insist on a clear line of sight! Inspect & adapt based on results! Scrum is hard because it challenges our habits and behaviors and points out where they need to change. Use the Scrum Framework to learn! Expect to learn! Biggest threat to a project: not having an available rapidly responding empowered Product Owner to answer questions promptly in minutes/hours not days/weeks. Extreme complexity is very hard to predict and humbling! © 3Back.com 2009 18 6/16/2009
Slide 19: Apply The Scrum Framework Expect a learning experience. New teams, new products and unrelenting complexity. Plant your scrum seed and nurture. Mastery 2 Years to life! © 3Back.com 2009 19 6/16/2009
Slide 20: Thank you Plant A Scrum Seed Grow A Product Share Your Experience Learn & Repeat Have Fun! Why Not? ☺ Follow me: Find me: Read us: Engage us: http://twitter.com/scrum_coach http://doug-shimp.net http://advancedtopicsinscrum.com http://3back.com © 3Back.com 2009
Slide 21: About 3Back We make teams better. Formed 2004, offices Midwest USA, worked world-wide Our goal is an applied learning approach to Build better products and make better businesses, (world?) Applied in our Business and Applied for our Clients 3Back Service & Course Offerings • Certified ScrumMaster • Agile Pathways (Agile I) • Transition at Scale (Agile II) • Agile Analysis • Product Development for Leadership • Working Effectively w/ Use Cases • Introduction to Agile Methods • Scrum Bookends (Planning and Rewiew) • Well-Formed-Teams • Introduction to Lean • Agile Distributed Teams • Adaptive Strategic Planning & Facilitation • Leadership Training © 3Back.com 2009 21 6/16/2009