'Sprint Activity Shortcuts': Colin Tan @ Colombo Agile Conference 2014

Sprint Activity Shortcuts

Colin Tan

@colinltan

AxisAgile.com

colin@axisagile.com

Taming the Deceptive Duo

Stakeholders

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SM

SH SH SH

Stakeholders

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SM

SH

Expectations

SH

Expectations

SH

Expectations

Stakeholders

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SM

SH SH

Expectations

SH

More senior Less familiarity with the project

So when do we start thinking about the Sprint Review?

During Sprint Planning

First NameLast Name

Date of BirthEmail AddressPhone NumberAddress

Gender

SusanSmithFemale22/03/2000s.smith@gmailasdfasdfqwerasdfk

Demo Data

DemoWorkflow

Staging Environment

Demo Environment

Development Server

Staging Environment

Demo Environment

Staging Environment

Development Server

Individual’s Machine

Demo Environment

During the Sprint

During Sprint Planning

Location

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SM

Stakeholders

SH SH SHSH SH

New Stakeholders

Painful Attendees

Who’s Presenting What

Set the agenda and send it out

During the Sprint

During Sprint Planning

During the Sprint Review

Scene Setting Impediments

Process Improvements

HELP HELP

I M P R O V E M E N T S

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SMSH

SH

SH

Stakeholders

OneWay

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SMSH

SH

SH

Stakeholders

Two Way

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SMSH

SH

SH

Stakeholders

Two Way

Completed

Next Sprint

Smoke & Mirrors

Coming Soon!!

What if there’s ‘nothing’ to show?

Meeting held at the end of EVERY sprintFocus on the way we work NOT the product5 questions:

What did we do well?What could we do better?What issues should be escalated? What did we change since last time?What can we try next time?

Scrum Team

D D D

D D D

PO SM

SH

SH

SH

Stakeholders

Who has ever skipped a Retrospective?

It’s the same old list every retro!!

Not enough time!

There’s nothing to talk about…

Potential areas to focus on

Communication Processes Scope

Quality Environment Skills

Communication

DPO

D

SH SH SH

D D

Processes

Plan

Execute

Adapt

Inspect

PBI A

Scope

As a premium user, I want to see videos in high definition so that I can play them on my big television.

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Acceptance Criteria:

ALITYQU

Quality

Environment

Skills

Meeting held at the end of EVERY sprintFocus on the way we work NOT the product5 questions:

What did we do well?What could we do better?What issues should be escalated? What did we change since last time?What can we try next time?

Don’t overpromise...Position goals prominently near boardCreate PBIs in the Product BacklogRetro wallEasy to forget in the heat of battle…