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How to Survive the Zombie Scrum Apocalypse

JohannesSchartau

The Rise of Zombie Scrum

Impending apocalypse or misunderstood hipster movement?

Safety First!

HistorySymptoms

CausesTreatment

Agenda

A Short History of Zombie Scrum

Chhhhhaaaaannnnngeeee …

2003

2007

2011

2015

2018

Safety First!

Interview with a Zombie

Symptoms of Zombie Scrum

Symptom #1 No beating heart (of working software)

Symptom #2 No (desire for) contact with the outside world

Symptom #3 No emotional response to success or failure

Symptom #4 No drive to improve

Causes of Zombie Scrum

Tell a story of a time when you witnessed Zombie Scrum symptoms! What happened?

Critical Incident Interviews

Causes of Zombie Scrum

CEO

Plan Build Test & Run

Program Management

Business Unit 1

Business Unit 2

Test Team

Deployment Team

Dev Team 2

Dev Team 1

Be agile!

Formal Structure

CIO

Organizational Chart

Informal Structure

Relational Coordination Mappinghttp://heller.brandeis.edu/executive-education/pdfs/Jan2014MassMedDocs/JodyHofferGittell/JODYPRESENTATION602HGittell.pdf

Development

Test

UI/UX

Marketing

PO

Customers

Scrum (n): A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.

The Scrum Guide

Example of Healthy Scrum

Value Stream Visualization

Example of Zombie Scrum

Value Stream Visualization

corr(length feedback loop, zombification) = 0.8

Today, we fight back!

How to Treat Zombie Scrum

What is your boldest-yet-actionable idea for fighting Zombie Scrum as an individual or as a community?25/10 Crowd Sourcing

How to Treat Zombie Scrum

The Zombie Scrum First Aid Kit

Treatment #1 Take responsibility

Treatment #2 Take stock of your surroundings

Customer collaborationBuild things people need

Team collaborationCollaborate and improve

Integration, testing, deploymentShip it fast

Treatment #3 Look for other survivors

Social Network Webbinghttp://www.liberatingstructures.com/23-social-network-webbing/

Treatment #4 Revive the dead

Customer collaborationBuild things people need

Treatment #5 Outpace the lifeless

Integration, testing, deploymentShip it fast

Last ResortRun!

Time for Action

What are two or three small actions you can take personally to stop the spread of Zombie Scrum in your community?15% Solutions

Liberating Structures

Critical Incident Interviews25/10 Crowd Sourcing

15% Solutions

liberatingstructures.com

Christiaan Verwijschristiaan.verwijs@agilistic.nl

@chrisverwijs

Johannes Schartaujohannes.schartau@holisticon.de

@IntegralAgile

Barry Overeeminfo@barryovereem.com

@BarryOvereem

Join The Fight!Read more at:zombiescrum.org