SCRUM

THE ART OF POSSIBLE

WATERFALL V. SCRUM

SCRUM TEAM

PRODUCT

BACKLOG(S)

SCRUM CEREMONIES

PROGRESS

AGENDA

WATERFALL V. SCRUM

POTTERY CLASS

GROUP A

Make a perfect pot!

GROUP B

Make 20kg of pots.

POTTERY CLASS

GROUP A

Make a perfect pot!

GROUP B

Make 20kg of pots.

WATERFALL

Requirements

Design

Code

Test

Deploy

BANG!

SPRINT1

SCRUM

Requirements

Design

Code

Test

Deploy

SPRINT2

Requirements

Design

Code

Test

Deploy

SPRINT3

Requirements

Design

Code

Test

Deploy

VISION

SPRINT3SPRINT1

POTENTIALLY SHIPPABLE PRODUCT

SPRINT2VISION

SCRUM VALUES

Individuals and interactions Processes and tools

Working softwareComprehensive

documentation

Customer collaboration Contract negotiation

Responding to change Following a plan

SCRUM

Is waterfall really that bad?

Is agile faster or cheaper?

SCRUM TEAM

SCRUM TEAM

Scrum Master Product Owner

Business

SCRUM TEAM

GOAL

PO

SM

SCRUM TEAM

PRODUCT OWNER

● Product vision

● Priorities and details

● Release planning

● Feedback

● Business value

● Acceptance criteria

● Communication with stakeholders and users

SCRUM TEAM

SCRUM MASTER

● Supports the Team and Product Owner

● Removes impediments

● Facilitate scrum process

● Improves productivity, practices and tools

● Ensures communication

SCRUM TEAM

TEAM

● Estimates effort and dependencies

● Plans iteration

● Delivers awesome code

SCALING SCRUM TEAM

Scaling? Bad news: It’s hard!

SCALING SCRUM TEAM

Try feature teams.

PRODUCT

MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT

MVP PRODUCT

PRODUCT VISION

For (target customer)

Who (statement of the need of opportunity)

The (product name) is a (product category)

That (key benefit, compelling reason to buy)

Unlike (primary competitive alternative)

Our product (statement of primary differentiation)

PRODUCT VISION

Basecamp Project management is communication

Backpack Bring life’s loose ends together

Campfire Group chat over IM sucks

Ta-da List Competing with a post-it note

Writeboard Word is overkill

Product Vision by 37signals

BACKLOG(S)

PRODUCT BACKLOG

S

S

M

S

L

XL

TOP PRIORITY

MORE GRANULAR

USER STORIES

LESS DETAILS

LESS GRANULAR

TASK

SPRINT BACKLOG

3pt

5pt

8pt

1pt

TASK TASK

TASK

TASK TASK

TASK TASK TASK

TASK

GOAL: Implement basic shopping cart functionality

SCRUM

SCRUM IS PULL

Do not push into scrum.

USER STORY

As a <user role*>

I want <do something>

so that <some benefit or purpose>

*Not a team member

USER STORY

As an Administrator

I want to be able to create user accounts

so that I can grant users access to the system.

I = Independent

N = Negotiable

V = Valuable

E = Estimable

S = Small

T = Testable

USER STORY

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

1. If I am an administrator, I can create user accounts.

2. I can create user accounts by entering their a) name

b) email address.

3. The system notifies the user by email containing a

system-generated initial password.

Yes/No

SCRUM CEREMONIES

SCRUM CEREMONIES

SPRINT

PLANNING

DAILY

SCRUMSPRINT REVIEW SPRINT RETRO

BACKLOG GROOMING

3

5

8

RELEASE PLANNING

MVP

PROGRESS

BURN DOWN CHART

actual

estimated

ideal

Milestone

Rem

ain

ing P

oin

ts

date date date date date

VELOCITY

● Relative estimations

● Historical trends extended to future

Velocity = features delivered per iteration

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