Scrum In A Nutshell Final Mar 08

Mark Levison

Copyright: Mark Levison www.notesfromatooluser 2005-2008

ProblemLateBuggyChange?Burn out


A Better WayIterativeCommunicationsSelf OrganizingScrum


OriginsHBR - The New New Product Development

Game – 1986Product Development at: Fuji Chemicals and

Honda


Elements of ScrumRolesArtifactsEvents


Scrum MasterServant LeaderFacilitator/MentorRoadblocksQuality


Product OwnerBusiness PrioritiesSingle Wringable neck


TeamEveryoneSelf Organising


SprintShortTime boxed


Planning MeetingStoriesBreakdownTime boxedWide Band Delphi Estimation


Daily Scrum/Standup15 minutes (at most)3 questions


ReviewInspectionTimeboxed


RetrospectiveWent Well?Went Poorly?Improve?Timeboxed


Product backlog – Travel WebsiteSample Product Backlog

As a user, I want to reserve a hotel roomAs a user, I want to cancel a reservationAs a vacation planner, I want to see photos of

the hotelsAs a frequent flier, I want to rebook a past trip,

so that I save time booking TripsStories are


Sprint Backlog As a user, I want to reserve a hotel room

Add hotel table to the database – 1 hr Write Ajax code to display reservation – 4 hrs Write code to enter reservation in the database – 4

hrsAs a user, I want to cancel a reservation

Display the user’s current reservations – 4 hrs Add a cancel button next to each reservation – 1 hr ….


Burndown Chart


AdvantagesChangeTransparency FeedbackCommunicationTeams


Who uses Scrum?Microsoft, Sun, Sammy Studios, Siemens, CNA,

State Farm, State Street Bank, Philips, BBC, IBM, SAIC, LMCO, APL, Ariba, Federal Reserve Bank, HP, Motorola, Nokia, TransUnion, IDX, Siemens Medical, Gestalt, Yahoo, Conchango, BMC, Lexis-Nexis, Bently Systems, Bose, CapitalOne,Federal Reserve Bank, ClearChannel, Xerox, Patient Keeper, British Telecom, PayPal, …

Top down/Bottom up


ActionStartMentorEngineering Best Practices


Further ReadingSee my blog posting “Best Introductions”

(http://www.notesfromatooluser.com)Try ControlChaos (Ken’s site)Mountain Goat Software (Mike Cohn’s site)RallyDevScrumAlliance

(http://www.scrumalliance.org/)


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