SCRUM 59 minutes
Giovanni Asproni
Rachel Davies
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59- Minute SCRUM – Bringing SCRUM Alive!
Timetable:
Introduce the SCRUM Concepts
59-Minute Exercise:
Complete Sprint Planning Meeting
Conduct a Sprint “Day 1”
Conduct a Daily Scrum Meeting
Conduct a Sprint “Day 2”
Conduct a Sprint Review and Demo
Debrief the exercise
Questions
30 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
05 minutes
10 minutes
06 minutes
per team (x4)
15 minutes
15 minutes
SCRUM Practices
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Product Backlog
Sprint
Sprint Planning Meeting
Sprint Backlog
Roles
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Product Owner, Scrum Master, Scrum Team
∙ Daily Scrum Meeting
∙ Sprint Review Meeting
SCRUM Lifecycle
24 hours
Daily Scrum
Meeting
Sprint Backlog
Backlog tasks
expanded
by team
30 days
Product Backlog
As prioritized by Product Owner
Potentially Shippable
Product Increment
Product Backlog
∙ Prioritized list of work to be
performed on a product
∙ Anyone can contribute backlog items
∙ Product Owner responsible for
prioritisation
Sprint
∙ A fixed period of 30 days to develop a
deliverable product
∙ The Sprint includes design, coding,
testing, and documentation
∙ Once a Sprint has started only the Scrum
Team can add or remove items in Sprint
backlog
∙ Abnormal termination of Sprint is called
for when the Sprint Goal no longer
makes sense
Sprint Planning
Meeting to set the next Sprint goal
Product
Backlog
Team
Capabilities
Business
Conditions
Technology
Stability
Executable
Product
Increment
Review
Consider
Organize
Next Sprint
Goal
Sprint Backlog
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2
5/ 00
5/ 2
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5/ 002
7/
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9/ 2
5/ 200
11 2
5 / /2 0
13 02
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5/ 200
15 2
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5/ 200
17 2
5 / /2 0
19 02
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5/ 200
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5 / /2 0
23 02
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5/ 200
25 2
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5/ 20
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5/ 200
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5 / /2 0
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Remaining Effort in Hours
Sprint Burndown Chart
Progress
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762
664
619
304
Date
264
180
104
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Daily Scrum
Daily 15 minute status meeting
Team stands in a circle facing each other
Each team member answers 3 questions:
∙ What have you done since the last Scrum?
∙ What will you do between now and the next
Scrum?
∙ What got in your way of doing work?
For synchronization not problem solving!
Sprint Review
∙ During this meeting the team presents to
management, customers, users and the
Product Owner the product increment that
has been built during the Sprint
∙ The team tells the story of its journey during
the Sprint.
∙ Powerpoint presentations are forbidden!
Scrum Team
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Self-organizing
Cross-functional with no roles
Seven plus or minus two
Responsible for committing to work
Authority to do whatever is needed to meet
commitment
Chickens & Pigs
∙ Members of Scrum Team are known
as Pigs because they are committed
to delivering Sprint Goal
∙ People who are involved but not
dedicated to the project are known as
Chickens - they attend Scrum
meetings as observers
Product Owner
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Sets development schedule by prioritizing
backlog
One person in this role ensures that only
one set of requirements drives
development
Can be influenced by committees,
management, customers, sales people, but
is the only person that prioritizes
Works with others to estimate items on
Product Backlog
Eliminates confusion of multiple bosses,
different opinions, and interference
Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is responsible
for
 the success of SCRUM
 establishing SCRUM practices
and rules, shielding the team
and removing obstacles
 representing management to the
project
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Exercise - Sprint Planning
Sprint Planning Meeting
10 mins
∙ Review the Product Backlog
∙ Select an achievable Sprint Goal with Product Owner
∙ Determine what the number of features might be
that your team can complete
∙ Think about initial assignments
∙ Produce a Sprint Backlog on team worksheet
Example Sprint Backlog
Sprint Goal: Explain Entertainment
Potential effort: 6 members * 20 min = 120 minutes
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Describe entertainment in the park
Music
Comedy/Improv
20 min
20 min
Bonfire Night
Sandwich appreciation month
15 min
10 min
Lego Museum
Giant ball of twine
25 min
Describe special events
Suggest related nearby activities and events
17 min
= 107minutes
YOUR Sprint Backlog
Sprint Goal:
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Exercise - Daily Scrum
Scrum Meeting
5 mins
Team stands in a circle facing each other
Each team member answers 3 questions:
∙ What have I completed since our last meeting ?
∙ What do I intend to complete before our next
meeting ?
∙ What is getting in my way ?
Exercise - Sprint Review
Sprint Review
6 mins
Elect a spokesperson to facilitate the Sprint Review and
Demo Meeting
Conduct a Sprint Review and Demo of your brochure at
the end of the sprint:
∙ What is the potentially shippable increment (Demo)?
∙ What did we complete of our Sprint Backlog?
∙ What is the feedback from our Product Owner?
A Few Rules
∙ Each team MUST work together
∙ Everyone MUST have work in the Sprint
∙ Each team MUST demo something at the end of the
Sprint (free of choice about how)
∙ Each team MUST complete their Sprint Planning with
a Sprint Backlog on the worksheet
∙ Each team MUST conduct their Daily Scrum meeting
∙ No Scrum Master is used in this exercise
∙ No predefined roles on Team; self-organization
rules!
Questions
You can find out more information at:
∙ http://www.scrumalliance.org/
∙ Book “Agile Software Development with SCRUM” by
Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle
∙ Book “Agile Project Management with SCRUM” by Ken
Schwaber
∙ http://www.controlchaos.com/ - Ken Schwaber’s
own site