A brief introduction to Scrum, the Agile software development framework.

1. What is Scrum?
Kane Mar
Certified Scrum Coach and
Trainer.
http://KaneMar.com
http://Scrumology.com.au

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3. Agenda
About me.
What is Scrum?
A brief history of Scrum
What is Scrum?

4. About Me.

5. What is Scrum?
“Scrum is a framework for developing
complex products and systems. It is grounded
in empirical process control theory. Scrum
employs an iterative, incremental approach to
optimize predictability and control risk.
”
-Ken Schwaber

6. A brief history of Scrum
W. Edwards Deming
Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production
System (TPS), TQM
Deming’s philosophy:
When people and organizations focus primarily on quality,
quality tends to increase and costs fall over time.
However, when people and organizations focus primarily on
costs, costs tend to rise and quality declines over time.

7. A brief history of Scrum
Act Plan
Check Do

8. A brief history of Scrum
“The New New Product Development Game,”
by Hirotaka Takeuchi, Ikujiro Nonaka. Havard
Business Review, Jan 1, 1986.
Fuji-Xerox, Canon, Honda, NEC, Epson,
Brother, 3M, Xerox, and HP.
References the sport of Rugby

9. A brief history of Scrum
“Scrum Development Process,” Ken Schwaber
and Jeff Sutherland, OOPSLA 1995
“Agile Software Development with Scrum,”
Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle, 2001
“Agile Project Management with Scrum,” Ken
Schwaber
“Scrum and the Enterprise,” Ken Schwaber

10. What is Scrum?

11. What is Scrum?
Sprint Planning

12. What is Scrum?
Daily Sprint
Sprint

13. What is Scrum?
Sprint Review & Retro

14. 4 meetings, 3 roles
Scrum is characterised by 4 meetings
Planning Meeting, Daily Scrum, Review
Meeting and Retrospective
And, three roles
Product Owner, ScrumMaster and Team

15. What is Scrum?
“Scrum is a framework for developing
complex products and systems. It is grounded
in empirical process control theory. Scrum
employs an iterative, incremental approach to
optimize predictability and control risk.
”
-Ken Schwaber

17. Credits
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/
http://www.flicker.com/photos/vernhart/

18. References
“Agile Software Development with Scrum,”
Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle, 2001
“Agile Project Management with Scrum”, Ken
Schwaber
“Scrum and the Enterprise”, Ken Schwaber
“Scrum in 5 minutes”, Softhouse Nordic AB
http://www.softhouse.se/Uploades/Scrum_eng_webb.pdf

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