scrum day, introducing scrum at moretv

Scenes from a Scrum implementation

Stefan Haas

Scrum DayBerlin, 17 Nov 2010

Company Facts

•moreTV Broadcasting GmbH was founded 2004•Hardware partners:

• smart electronic GmbH• SM ELECTRONIC GmbH

•Owned by Burda, Brockhaus Private Equity, KfW, Brandenburg Capital, SM Electronic etc.•35 employees in Potsdam and Brasov

7hr travel from

Berlin to Brasov

Cultural distance matters

„... if we go into another country and make decisions based on how we operate in our own home country - the chances are we'll make some very bad decisions...“ Prof. Geert Hofstede, Maastricht University

Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosing

Quotes from the teams• „Romanian people have problems with Scrum

since we don‘t know how to lead“• „People where used to go to work, stay there 8hr

and go back home ...“• „If all people from all teams, would be like ..,

your democratic style would be ideal. Unfortunately you have only one ... in the teams and I think some kind of "dictatorship" (i don't find a better word) must be used in some situations“

we broadcast data over satellite ...

... andbuild TV Products forConsumers

TitleType of work

Source: http://agileproductdesign.com/blog/emerging_best_agile_ux_practice.html

Title

we program in embedded C, C++, Java and PHP

Title

Integrate API with

embedded SDK

Co-develop with

system integrator

Partner acceptance

test

Deploy over the air

or assembly

Title

„We go into the bush, cut some trees and build a small village“

(Dorin, Senior Programmer)

CompanyGravity

Management Product & Account

Management

Backend Development Operations

Embedded Plugin

Development

Testing

The Org Chart

The fish stinks from the head What if

the teams don‘t pull?

DONE means Live!!!

Go Faster, 2 Week

Sprints!!!

Hier steht die Fußzeile 15Start small, top down, bottom up

Management Team

Backend Development & Operations

Team

Embedded Plugin

DevelopmentTesting

Halfway Scrum

PO SM

Scaling

TeamC:Service

Development

TeamB:Platform

Integration

TeamA:Application

Development

Scrum of Scrums

Lookahead planning, joined sprint retrospective, review and planning

Hier steht die Fußzeile 20

Rocks to remove ...

Inspect your container

Investors

User Panel

Accounting

Editorial StaffSupport

Partners

Marketing

Product Owner Organization

Product Owner STB

Product Owner Web

Assistant Product

Owner STB

"What is this talk of 'release'?  We do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes', leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake."

Organization

Impediment: poor Astra satellite signal in Brasov

Test Cube

Training, coaching, DIY ...

don‘t push!

The more work is pushed

the less is pulled

Learning tofail better

Stable teams create their own style

Questions?

Thank you!

Contact:http://de.linkedin.com/in/stefanhaas stefan.haas@haaslab.net