3 common scrum failure modes...3 common scrum failure modes and (hopefully) some solutions chris...
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3 COMMON SCRUM FAILURE MODES AND (HOPEFULLY) SOME SOLUTIONS
Chris Walsh Dell IT
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CAREFUL NOW…
“I Tried These 3 Simple Tricks With My Scrum Team And You Wont Believe What Happened Next…”
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CAREFUL NOW…
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Team Structure
Roles Team stability
Cross-functionality Self-direction
Backlog Management
Value Streams Priorities
Estimation Schedule
Sprint Execution
Planning Sprint Flow
Product Increment Metrics
Development Practices
Code Management Test Approach Programming
DevOps
WHERE TO LOOK…
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THE PRODUCT BACKLOG
Fail #1
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TYPICAL SPRINT
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Team Retro
Sprint Review
Product Increment
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SYMPTOMS – PLANNING
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Sprint Goal
“ ”
Sprint Backlog
Task list (2-3 days)
Team Retro
Sprint Review
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SYMPTOMS - SPRINTING
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Scrum Board
To Do Doing Done
Team Retro
Sprint Review
Burndown
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SYMPTOMS - REVIEWING
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Team Retro
Sprint Review
Product Increment ?
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(POSSIBLE) CAUSES & (POTENTIAL) FIXES
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PRODUCT OWNER?
TRY STORY MAPPING WITH THE
WHOLE TEAM.
FOCUS ON THE WHAT NOT THE HOW.
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DEV TEAM SKILLS
Huh?
I got nothin’.
Ummm.. Just keep smiling…
Too busy
coding.
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DEV TEAM SKILLS
Huh?
I got nothin’.
Ummm.. Just keep smiling…
WORK ON SPECIFIC BACKLOG
REFINEMENT SKILLS. ASK QUESTIONS!
Too busy
coding.
TRY STORY MAPPING WITH THE
WHOLE TEAM!
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DEV TEAM SKILLS
Huh?
I got nothin’.
Ummm.. Just keep smiling…
WORK ON SPECIFIC BACKLOG
REFINEMENT SKILLS. ASK QUESTIONS!
Too busy
coding.
TRY STORY MAPPING WITH THE
WHOLE TEAM!
YOU ARE HERE
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NO PRODUCT VISION?
FIND THE PRODUCT VISION. (IT
PROBABLY EXISTS SOMEWHERE).
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THE TEAM
Fail #2
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SYMPTOMS – SPRINT PLANNING
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
? ?
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SYMPTOMS – DAILY SCRUM
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
?
Which daily Scrum is
this?
Where’s Bob? What exactly
did I do yesterday?
So tired. So very tired.
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SYMPTOMS – SPRINT REVIEW
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Where’s My £%&*ing Product
Increment?
Sprint Review
Product Increment ?
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SYMPTOMS – CODE BASE
SS1
SS3
SS2
Org.
Dev Org 1
Dev Org 2
Dev Org 3
System to be developed
Organisation contracted to develop the system
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(POSSIBLE) CAUSES & (POTENTIAL) FIXES
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UTILIZATION FIXATION
MEASURE QUEUEING TIME OF A FEATURE THROUGH IT’s DEV
CYCLE.
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INTERNAL SILOS
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INTERNAL SILOS
CALCULATE THE TEAM’s “BUS NUMBER” AND CREATE A PLAN TO
INCREASE IT.
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“GETTING TO DONE”
Fail #3
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SYMPTOMS – SPRINT REVIEW
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Where’s My £%&*ing Product
Increment?
Product Increment ?
Sprint Review
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SYMPTOMS – DAILY SCRUM
Sprint Plan
1
Sprint Plan
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Day (2 Week Sprint)
Ho
urs
Scrum Board
To Do Doing Done
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SYMPTOMS - “MINI-WATERFALL”
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Code S2 + Bug Fix S1 Code S3 + Bug Fix S2 Code S1 Code S4 + Bug Fix S3
Test S3 + Retest
Test S4 + Retest
Test S2 + Retest
Test S1
Time
De
fec
ts
Expected Defect Profile
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SYMPTOMS - “SPRINT+1”
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Code S2 Code S3 + Bug Fix S1 Code S1 Code S4 + Bug Fix S4
Test S3 + Retest Test S2 + Retest Test S1
Time
De
fec
ts
Expected Defect Profile
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(POSSIBLE) CAUSES & (POTENTIAL) FIXES
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CLEAR DEFINITION OF DONE
DO NO MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME.
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CLEAR DEFINITION OF DONE
DO NO MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME.
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LOOK FOR THE SYMPTOMS
CREATE OPTIONS
USE THE SCRUM EVENTS.
COMMITMENT, FOCUS, OPENNESS,
RESPECT & COURAGE.
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Questions? QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU!