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2015 State of Scrum Report

July 22, 2015

Maria Matarelli , CSTHarvey Wheaton , CSP, Chairman of the Board


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Our Host, Harvey Wheaton,

Chairman of the Board

Fast Facts

Live in Woking, near London in the UK

Always worked in software development

Started as a software engineer, moved to project

management

Currently work in video games development

On the Scrum Alliance Board since 2008

Have CSM and CSP certifications

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Our Presenter, Maria Matarelli, CST

Fast Facts

Experienced Agile coach, travelling the world

President of Formula Ink

Author of the book Workaholic?

Coauthor of 3 additional books

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Today’s Topics

Who took the survey

How are people using Scrum

Scrum challenges and success rates

Recap

Q&A

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I. Who took the survey

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Participants at a glance

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Diverse company sizes

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Over 60% of respondents work at smaller companies withfewer than 5,000 or more employees.

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES


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Diverse organization types

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Information Technology is the leading single industry for surveyrespondents, named by 3 in 10.

Information technology

Other

Finance

Healthcare

Consulting/Training/Coaching

Government

Telecommunications

Insurance

Education

Manufacturing

Retail

Media & Entertainment

Research & Development

Transportation

Automotive


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Diverse functional areas represented

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Most respondents work in a software development (44%) or IT (33%)

function.

RESPONDENT BY FUNCTIONAL AREA


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Number of Agile projects in the last year

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On average, respondents have worked on four Agile projects in the last year.

NUMBER OF AGILE PROJECTS PER RESPONDENT


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Certifications participants have earned

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CERTIFICATIONS EARNED BY RESPONDENTS

Other certifications provided: Prince2 (2%), ITIL (1%), Lean/Six Sigma (1%), Other(7%)


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II. How people are practicing

Scrum

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Why they practice Scrum

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HIGHEST BUSINESS PRIORITY FOR SCRUM


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Whether Scrum improves quality of work life

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POLL QUESTION:

How does Scrum improve the quality ofwork life for your teams? (select all that apply)

• Creates a feeling of empowerment• Strengthens teamwork• Improves team’s success rate• Improves team’s vision of the project• Fosters transparency• Creates more open communication• Other comments

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State of the ScrumMaster role

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State of the PO

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State of the team

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Average team size

TherecommendedScrum teamsize is 7

people, plusor minus 2.

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TEAM SIZE AVERAGE: 7 MEMBERS


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2-week sprints are most common

Teams of 3or feweraveraged 2weeks.

Teams from4-9 membersaveraged 2.4weeks.

Teams with10+ membersaveraged 2.7weeks.

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SPRINT LENGTH Average: 2.4 weeks


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7+ sprints are common

Respondentsin productdevelopmentaveraged 7.2

sprints.

IT/softwareaveraged 6.9sprints.

Operationsaveraged 5.7sprints.

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NUMBER OF SPRINTS Average: 6.8


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Use of artifacts is common

ScrumMastersreported ahigherextensive use

of artifacts, at64%.

Operationsreportedextensive useof artifacts atonly 36%.

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Scrum Artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, etc.)


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Outside of IT, where they use Scrum

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DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN IT USING SCRUM


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POLL QUESTION:

Has obtaining certifications improvedthe success and practice of Scrum?

– Strongly agree – Agree – Disagree – Strongly disagree – No difference

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Asia leads the way in agreeing that

certifications help

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AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE


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Challenges overall

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Common challenges - small orgs

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CHALLENGESWe did not have clearly identified metrics to identify andmeasure the success of Scrum projects and delivery.


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Common challenges - larger orgs

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CHALLENGESIt was difficult to transition from a Waterfall-based methodto one driven by Scrum practices.


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Scrum is usually successful

AverageSuccessRate =62% ofthe time!

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AMOUNT OF TIME SCRUM IS SUCCESSFUL Average Success Rate: 62% of the time


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Europe and Australia/Oceania claimmost success

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SCRUM IS SUCCESSFUL 50% OR MORE OF THE TIME BY REGION


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Scrum forecast

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95%plan to

continuepracticing

Scrum!


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IV. Insights & Outlook

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Insight #1: Scrum continues to gain momentum

Scrum is reaching beyond IT , both organizationally and bydepartment.

Certification helps with the practice of Scrum, with nearlyhalf of respondents’ organizations recommendingcertification (only a small percentage requiring certification) .

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Insight #2: Delight the customer, the business,

and the employeeDelight the customer, delight the business: Fulfillingcustomer needs is the highest priority, followed by meetingbudget, time, and scope requirements.

The majority feel Scrum improves the quality of work life, though a large percentage also believe that using Scrumcauses tension with other parts of the organization not

using Scrum.

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Insight #3: Scrum’s core practices are largely

followedMost respondents report that they adhere to core Scrum interms of using Scrum artifacts and activities.

Distributed teams are more prevalent than co-locatedteams.

Many organizations mix and match approaches andframeworks, such as Kanban, Lean, and Waterfall.

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The Outlook

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Outlook #1: Scrum success is increasing,

though there are still challenges to beaddressed

Scrum success is increasing; the overall success rate ofprojects delivered using Scrum is 62%.

Transitioning to Scrum and measuring its success are keychallenges.

The size of an organization impacts implementation andsuccess.

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Outlook #2: The forecast for Scrum is positive

95% of respondents say they plan to continue to useScrum moving forward.

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Questions &

Answers

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