November, 2009

UOL

Usability challenges in Agile/Scrum timesUsability challenges in Agile/Scrum times

UOL UOL –– www.uol.com.br www.uol.com.br

• Brazilian portal created in 1996 – news, e-commerce, Internet access, e-mail andadvertising

• UOL is the largest portal written inPortuguese

• The most visited portal in Latin America

• About 400 IT people creating and operatingInternet products

What is UOL?What is UOL?

• 1.7 million ofsubscribers• 7 million of active

mailboxes• 1.7 billion of page

views• 67% reach of

Brazilian Internet• About 30 scrum

teams

Why should we change from RUP toWhy should we change from RUP tosomething else?something else?

• Do the business departments have a goodrelationship with you?

• How much energy is wasted discussingrequirements change instead of producingvalue?

• Can you see the products being deliveredeasier as long as company invests moremoney to do them?

The Agile Way of ThinkingThe Agile Way of Thinking

• Before Scrum

• With Scrum

Thks to gojko.net for the picture

Why Agile Exist?Why Agile Exist?

• Hard to manage software as a manufacturedactivity

• Hard to know details of what a productshould have from the beginning

• Market changes: new opportunities andother players

Scrum in a NutshellScrum in a Nutshell

Backlog Tasks Planning Work Inspection

3 weeks

Work Demorelease

Retro

Inspection

Challenges in a Scrum OrganizationChallenges in a Scrum Organization

• Make teams follow good practices andstandards

• Define design before each sprint

• Make customer understand learning bydoing

Muito obrigado!Muito obrigado!

Alexandre dos Santos,(alexst@uol.com.br)

Julio Duram,(jduram@uolinc.com)