ITCamp 2012 - Dan Nicola - Scrum v2

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Dan Nicola | MAXCODE

SCRUM. Removing Impediments

What to expect

Agile principles & Scrum

Top 7 impediments

How good is your Scrum?

Individuals and interactions

over

processes and tools

Working software

over

comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration

over

contract negotiation

Responding to change

over

following a plan

Scrum Framework

3 roles

3 artifacts

5 ceremonies

3 roles

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Team

3 artifacts

5 ceremonies

Product Grooming

Sprint Planning

Daily Meeting

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

Impediments

Keep the team from being productive

Team – communicate

ScrumMaster - remove

Lack of focus

No working software (not DONE)

Priorities and specifications (backlog issues)

Waterfall mindset

Interruptions

Technical debt

Dependency on key people

Removing impediments…

…makes the difference!

Let the team do the work

Rapid value creation is key!

SCRUM makes it work,

The Team does the work

SM enables the process

Protects, facilitates and coaches

Ensures impediments are busted

Remember!

ScrumBut... (ScrumBut)(Reason)(Workaround)

ScrumBut... Test

Aka the “Nokia Test”

Goals:

Indicator where you are in your Scrum practices

Collect data for a statistical study

9 Questions

Questions Iterations

Testing

Agile Specifications

Product Owner

Product Backlog

Estimates

Sprint Burndown Chart

Team Disruptions

Team

Questions Fixed iteration length 4 weeks or less

Software is deployed

Good user stories tied to specifications as needed

Product Owner who motivates team

Product Owner can measure ROI

Estimates produced by planning poker by team

Burndown chart burns down when story is done

Noone disrupting team, only Scrum roles

Team is in hyperproductive state

Scrum Smells Loss of Rhythm

Talking Chickens

Missing Pigs

Persistent Signatures

Scrum Master Assigns Work

The Daily Scrum is for the Scrum Master

Specialized Job Roles

Source: “Toward a Catalogue of Scrum Smells”, by Mike Cohn

Scrum is not going to solve your problems, it’s just going to make them in-your-face obvious, every day. (Ken Schwaber)

Conclusion

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