1. The SCRUM and the willpower:
how neuroscience can boost
your productivity
Anna Obukhova,
Agile Coach
Topconf Tallinn
November 2013

2. Customers want the 400% increase!
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5. What the productivity is?
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6. Willpower energy is not endless
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8. The willpower fuels are: Sugar and Lysine
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9. Lysine – what it affects and regulates:
Regulates
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Energy metabolism and body recovery
Lipids metabolism
Immune system
Short-term memory
Attention concentration, focus
Not enough Lysine
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Anxiety, nervousness, cannot feel happiness
Lower height or bad powerlifting results
Allopecia – less hair on the head
Problems with potency
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10. Strategies for productivity:
1 - Don’t spend Lysine
2 - Don’t allow others to spend our Lysine
3 - Get Results and be Happy
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11. Why it is about Scrum?
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12. Flow 1 - Don’t spend Willpower and Lysine
 Habit
 Ritual
 Flow
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13. Flow 1 in Scrum: Don’t Spend willpower
1. Standup
2. Sprint Pulse
3. Pick the task
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14. Flow 2- Don’t allow others to spend your Lysine
 Anxiety
 Uncertainty
 Stress
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15. Flow 2 in Scrum: reduce uncertainty
4. PBR meetings
5. Story tests and
DOD
6. Change
Requests
7. UT and Test
Automation
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16. Flow 3 – Get the result and get happy
 Get the result
 Authorize the result
 Sell the result
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17. Flow 3 in Scrum: Success well
8. Story - done
9. Tasks <= 1
day
10.Fixed Price
Agile
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18. Compound effect
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19. What hyperproductivity potential you have?
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20. 1. Standup - identical
2. Sprint Pulse present and constant
3. Tasks picked by developers
4. PBR meetings prepare for commitment
5. Story tests used for Demo
6. Change Requests – Request for new
result
7. UT and Test Automation – green tick
8. Story Done – visible acceptance
9. Tasks <= 1 day
10. Fixed Price Agile - result >money
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21. Is 400% productivity
in Scrum
a myth,
a luck
…or?
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22. Anna.Obukhova@luxoft.com
Anna.Obukhova@mail.ru
LinkedIn: Anna Obukhova
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