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SCRUM FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS
Laurynas AntanavičiusProduct Manager @ Data Dog2014.12.02
ABOUT US• Custom web development and support
• Cloud-based application and software development• B2B, B2C eCommerce solutions
• Specialised in PHP• Over 35 developers• Wide base of clients: UK, US, UAE, Canada, Luxembourgh,
France…
OUR TEAM
• Crypto-Currency exchange / Forex market• 6 members in the development team• Agile - Scrum, TDD, CI, CD• PHP & GO
HOW WE WORK
• Prioritise features with the PO• Work in short iterations - 2 weeks• Development team chooses the features
• Write tests before each line of code (TDD & CI)• Ship the feature as soon as it is ready (CD)• Focus on performance & quality
SCRUMBorn from a team game
WHAT IS IT?
• Popular agile model • Lightweight • Easy to understand• Difficult to master
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over Comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
SCRUM DEFINES
• Practices• Roles• Events• Artifacts• Rules
THE THREE PILLARS
• Transparency - giving and getting feedback• Inspection - checking how well a project is progressing• Adaptation - adjusting the process to minimise further
issues
It takes courage to be fully transparent and to be fully responsible for the results you deliver.
AND
Scrum brings a binary understanding of what is “Done”.
ROLESthe scrum team
THE PRODUCT OWNER
THE SCRUM MASTER
THE SCRUM TEAM
EVENTSthe game
SPRINT PLANNING
• Sprint - time-boxed iteration of one month or less• Used to determine what will be delivered in that sprint
DAILY SCRUM
• 15-minute timeboxed daily meeting• What has been achieved since last meeting?• What will be done before next meeting?• What obstacles are in the way?
SPRINT REVIEW
• PO and Dev Team discuss the product increment and
determine what to do next
SPRINT RETROSPECTIVE
• Reflecting on the process and look for opportunities for
improvement
ARTIFACTScan’t play a game without the ball, can you?
PRODUCT BACKLOG
• Ordered list of everything that might be needed for the
product that is elaborated progressively
SPRINT BACKLOG
• A set of items from the Product Backlog that were selected
for a specific sprint
DEFINITION OF DONE
• A common definition as agreed with the team members
BE READYfor a rough game
SHOCK THERAPY
• Move from Waterfall to Agile• A Bootstrap to High Performance
HOW TO
• Be reachable!• Follow the Rules defined in Scrum guide• Then deviate from the Rules• Find your own way
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
• Recognise the roles• Follow the events and time-boxing• Perfect the artifacts• Find what motivates you as a team member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLKKBBE8Gk
WHAT’S NEXT?
Read about it, understand it, memorise it, sleep with it…
Until you are 100% confident with using Agile methods
XP
“Extreme Programming”byRon Jeffries,Ann Anderson,Chet Hendrickson
http://xprogramming.com/
AGILE
“Agile Manifesto”byAgile Alliance
http://agilemanifesto.org/iso/lt/
SCRUM
“Scrum Guide”byJeff Sutherland,Ken Schwaber
http://www.scrumguides.org/
TEAMWORK
“The Clean Coder”byRobert C. Martin
TDD, BDD…
“Engineering Long-Lasting Software”byArmando FoxDavid Patterson
TRUST YOURSELF BEFORE TRUSTING ANYONE
