open agile romania 2011/catalin sindelaru - scrum pain

Scrum Pain

Catalin Sindelaru

Scrum. Now!

Do it by the Book!

Ken Schwaber: You either play it as its rules state, or you don’t.

Nice and simple

idea by Tobias Meyer

Or maybe it’s just

idea by Tobias Meyer

Plan

Execute

Reflect

Do it by the Book!

“Scrum’s roles, artifacts, events, and rules are immutable. Scrum exists only in its entirety.”

The Scrum Master

• Internal• External

The Product Owner

Backlog and Sprints

WaterfallIterative

User Stories

“As much as part of me hates having templates for things, the “As a type of user, I want some goal so that some reason” template really helps.” Mike Cohn.

Retrospectives• What went well during

the sprint?• What could be

improved in the next sprint?

Practices for retrospectives

• OR

Are we missing something?

Principles vs. Practices

• “If you are doing lots of the practices but not living some of the principles, then you should ask yourself if you still have at least one foot in the land of traditional management” (Stephen Denning)

The Essence of Scrum

• Respect• Commitment• Focus• Courage• Openness

• Empiricism• Emergence• Self-Organization• Prioritization• Time-boxing• Organizational Change

TrustCommitment

Rhythm

Discipline

Courage

Respect

Alignment

Creativity

MinimalismPragmatismIntrospection

from Alan Cyment & Tobias Mayer

The Golden Circle

• http://www.startwithwhy.com/

HIWWHY

HOW

WHAT

Simon Sinek:

Software (Still) Sucks!

• 10-15 Years ago computer users were all college graduates

• The users have changed, the industry was slow to react.

• “Know thy user for thy user is not thee!”

The Golden Circle ( and Chrome)

HIWWHY

HOW

WHAT

Other Approaches

Browser Usage Statistics

• Usage share of web browsers according to StatCounter

The Golden Circle (and Scrum)

HIWWHY

HOW

WHAT

Google Phones

Jan. 20102008 Dec.2010 2011

iPhones

20082007 2009 2010

Thank You!

Catalin Sindelaru - casi@netop.com