Scrum debrief to team after my training & ScrumMaster certification.

1. Scrum
debrief
5/16/12
Krishna
Sankar

2. What
is
scrum
?
• Scrum
is
an
itera:ve
&
incremental
agile
process
for
soAware
development
• It
doesn’t
change
the
physics
but
can
make
the
team
more
efficient
&
working
more
streamlined
• It
also
increases
the
visibility
of
the
work
done
&
backlog
to
all
• Has
emerged
as
the
most
common
methodology
for
soAware
development

3. What
is
scrum
?
• Instead
of
ad-­‐hoc
development
a
product
is
broken
into
small
pieces
called
user
stories
and
developed
in
sprints
• 1986
HBR
ar:cle
– Studied
new
product
dev
from
Xerox,
Canon,
Honda,
3M,
…
– From
a
“relay-­‐race”
method
to
a
“rugby”
approach

4. Scrum
Framework
(In
one
slide)
• Decompose
a
product
into
features
&
smaller
ver:cal
slices
called
User
Stories
• The
team
works
on
a
set
of
user
stories
in
a
:me
boxed
(2
week)
basic
development
unit
called
a
sprint/itera:on
• AAer
each
sprint,
work
is
reviewed
and
progress
is
accessed
• And
next
sprint
starts
….
• Un:l
all
the
features
in
the
backlog
are
developed

5. Why
Scrum
• Efficient
feature
velocity
– Develop
ver:cal
slices
of
value
• Con:nuous
engagement
between
business
&
development
• Smaller
cycles
of
development
– 1
to
4
weeks,
Typically
2
weeks
• Engaged
team,
progress
visible
to
all
• But
requires
discipline
&
commitment

6. Scrum
• Small
cohesive
teams
– 7
±
2
members
• Easily
stay
together
for
2-­‐3
years
– Very
similar
to
a
jazz
quartet

7. Release
Planning
• 3 Roles
– Team,
Product
Owner,
Scrum
Master
• 3 meetings
– Scrum
Planning,
Daily
Scrum,
Retrospec:ve
• 3 Artifacts
User
– Product
Backlog,
Sprint
Backlog,
Stories
Burndown
Chart
• Framework
– Collec:on
of
prac:ces
&
concepts
around
which
a
process
can
be
built

8. Release
Planning
• Product Owner
– Owns
the
features
– Priori:zes
the
features
User
Stories
– Decomposes
into
user
stories
– Cer:fies
“work
done”

9. Release
Planning
• Team
– Develops
&
delivers
user
stories
– Works
with
Product
Owner
to
decompose
features
to
user
stories
&
tasks
User
Stories
– Helps
es:ma:on
• Scrum Master
– Facilitator

10. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#1 : Release Planning
– Compose
product
into
features
User
– Features
go
into
a
backlog
2 Stories
– Once
backlog
is
completed,
the
release
is
done

11. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#2 : Decompose Features into
User Stories
– User
Story
is
a
ver:cal
slice
that
can
be
delivered
in
2
weeks
• As
<user>
User
• I
want
<ac:on>
2 Stories
• so
that
<value>
– Es:mate
rela:ve
size

13. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#3 : Sprint Planning
– Start
of
every
sprint
– 2
hrs
(Tuesday
AM)
User
2 Stories
– Commit
To
user
stories
– Decompose
into
tasks

14. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#4 : 2-Week Sprint
(Timeboxed)
– Do
work
– Ask
ques:ons
to
Prod
User
2 Stories
Owner
– Dev
&
Test
built-­‐in
– Con:nuous
Integra:on

15. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#5 : Daily Standup Meeting
– Coordina:on
mee:ng
– What is impeding your
User
work ?
2 Stories
– What did you yesterday ?
– What will you do today ?

16. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#6 : Sprint Review
– At
the
end
of
every
sprint
– Demo
of
developed
User
feature
2 Stories
– PO
says
“Done”
or
“Not
Done”

17. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#7 : Sprint Retrospect
– AAer
each
sprint
– Lessons
Learned
User
2 Stories
– What
can
be
improved

18. 5
Release
Planning
8 3
4
6
1
7
#8 : PO adjusts Backlog,
Team starts next sprint
– Based
on
current
User
2 Stories
priori:es

20. Burn
Chart
• Shown
work
done
vs.
Time
• Visibility
into
project
• Es:ma:on
• Feedback

21. References
1. hmp://www.cprime.com/community/ar:cles/whentousescrum.html
2. Lecture
Notes
&
CSM
class
by
Mark
Levison
3. hmp://pm:ps.net/adap:ng-­‐agile-­‐methodology-­‐startup/
4. www.rallydev.com
5. hmp://blog.crisp.se/2011/12/07/anderslaestadius/improving-­‐the-­‐daily-­‐
scrum
6. hmp://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/drupal/files/The%20New%20New
%20Product%20Development%20Game.pdf
7. Essen:al
Scrum:
A
Prac:cal
Guide
to
the
Most
Popular
Agile
Process
-­‐
hmp://www.amazon.com/Essen:al-­‐Scrum-­‐Prac:cal-­‐Addison-­‐Wesley-­‐
Signature/dp/0137043295/