Download - Agile Software Development with Scrum
Agile Project Management - Scrum
Bar Camp Phnom Penh
Chris Brown
September 2008
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Who am I?
Software Developer Passion for fat client web applications Director of Aruna Technology Lead developer for Mango Certified Scrum Master ;-)
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Who are we?
An office melting pot 16 developers 6 nationalities 4 languages 5 in house projects 3 companies Too many pot plants to count
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What we do?www.mangomaps.comTurnkey web mapping software and Developer API product
www.yoolk.comMulti-platform Business Model for Directory OperatorsOver one hundred portals in over 60 countries
www.yp.com.khCambodia Yellow Pages online
www.everyday.com.khKhmer language web portalCambodia's highest traffic website
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Who are you? Who here writes code either as part of
their job or in their spare time? Who writes code with other
developers? Who follows a software development
process when coding?
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Three styles of software development Agile – Work is implemented in stages
(iterations), and only enough planning is carried out to complete the next iteration
The Waterfall - Heavy up front planning, following a traditional engineering approach
Method C – Very little or even none organized planning
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Leap Frogging
Leapfrogging is a theory of development in which developing countries may accelerate development by skipping inferior, less efficient, more expensive or more polluting technologies and industries and move directly to more advanced ones. (Wikipedia)
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Three styles of software development Agile – Work is implemented in stages
(iterations), and only enough planning is carried out to complete the next iteration
The Waterfall - Heavy up front planning, following a traditional engineering approach
Method C – Very little or even none organized planning
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Manifesto for Agile SD Based on the Manifesto for Agile
Software Development Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools Working software over comprehensive
documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
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Agile Methods Agile methods:
Scrum Extreme Programming Adaptive Software Development (ASD) Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) …
Agile Alliance A non-profit organization promotes agile
development
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What is Scrum?
Definition from rugby football:a scrum is a way to restart the game after an interruption, where the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball when it is tossed in among them
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Scrum - an agile process SCRUM is an agile, lightweight process for managing
and controlling software and product development in rapidly changing environments.
Iterative, incremental process Team-based approach developing systems/ products with rapidly changing
requirements Controls the chaos of conflicting interest and needs Improve communication and maximize cooperation Protecting the team form disruptions and
impediments A way to maximize productivity
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Functionality of Scrum
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Components of Scrum Scrum Roles The Process Scrum Artifacts
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Scrum Master
Represents management to the project
Typically filled by a Project Manager or Team Leader
Responsible for enacting scrum values and practices
Main job is to remove impediments
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The Scrum Team
Typically 5-10 people Cross-functional (Programmers, UI
Designers, Database experts etc.) Members should be full-time Team is self-organizing Membership can change only
between sprints
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Product Owner
Acts like one voice (in any case) Knows what needs to be build
and in what sequence this should be done
Typically a product manager
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The Process
Sprint Planning Meeting Sprint Daily Scrum Sprint Review Meeting
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Sprint Planning Meeting
A collaborative meeting in the beginning of each Sprint between the Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the Team
Takes 4-8 hours and consists of 2 parts
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Parts of Sprint Planning Meeting
1st Part: Creating Product Backlog Determining the Sprint Goal. Participants: Product Owner, Scrum
Master, Scrum Team 2nd Part:
Participants: Scrum Master, Scrum Team Creating Sprint Backlog
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Sprint
A month-long iteration, during which is incremented a product functionality
NO outside influence can interference with the Scrum team during the Sprint
Each Sprint begins with the Daily Scrum Meeting
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Daily Scrum
Is a short (15 minutes long) meeting, which is held every day before the Team starts working
Participants: Scrum Master (which is the chairman), Scrum Team
Every Team member should answer on 3 questions
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Questions
What did you do since the last Scrum? What are you doing until the next
Scrum? What is stopping you getting on with
the work?
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Daily Scrum
Is NOT a problem solving session Is NOT a way to collect information
about WHO is behind the schedule Is a meeting in which team members
make commitments to each other and to the Scrum Master
Is a good way for a Scrum Master to track the progress of the Team
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Sprint Review Meeting
Is held at the end of each Sprint Business functionality which was
created during the Sprint is demonstrated to the Product Owner
Informal, should not distract Team members of doing their work
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Scrum Artifacts
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Burn down Charts
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Product Backlog Requirements for a system, expressed as a
prioritized list of Backlog Items Is managed and owned by a Product Owner Spreadsheet (typically) Usually is created during the Sprint
Planning Meeting Can be changed and re-prioritized before
each PM
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Product Backlog
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Estimation of Product Backlog Items
Establishes team’s velocity (how much Effort a Team can handle in one Sprint)
Determining units of complexity. Story points Work days/work hours
Methods of estimation: Expert Review Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
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Product Backlog
Is only a FORECAST!-> is not exact
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Sprint Backlog
A subset of Product Backlog Items, which define the work for a Sprint
Is created ONLY by Team members Each Item has it’s own status Should be updated every day
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Sprint Backlog
No more then 300 tasks in the list If a task requires more than 16 hours,
it should be broken down Team can add or subtract items from
the list. Product Owner is not allowed to do it
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Sprint Backlog
Is a FORECAST! Is a good warning monitor
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Information Radiator
"Two characteristics are key to a good information radiator. The first is that the information changes over time. This makes it worth a person's while to look at the display... The other characteristic is that it takes very little energy to view the display."
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Burn down Charts
X-Axis: time (usually in days) Y-Axis: remaining effort
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Sprint Burn down Chart
Depicts the total Sprint Backlog hours remaining per day
Shows the estimated amount of time to release
Ideally should burn down to zero to the end of the Sprint
Actually is not a straight line Can bump UP
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Burndown Chart & Task Board
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XP@Scrum
Scrum is an effective project management wrapper for eXtreme Programming development practices, which enables agile projects to become scalable and developed by distributed teams of developers.
Core XP Principles: Test Driven Development (TDD) Pair Programming Etc (this isn't an XP presentation)
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Pair Programming in Action
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Team Programming
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Pro/Con Advantages
Completely developed and tested features in short iterations
Simplicity of the process Clearly defined rules Increasing productivity Self-organizing each team member
carries a lot of responsibility
Improved communication
Combination with Extreme Programming
Drawbacks “Undisciplined hacking”
(no written documentation)
Violation of responsibility
Current mainly carried by the inventors
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Case Study:
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Our Environment We take pride in your workspace We try to always keep the office clean and
uncluttered All team members on a project are working on the
same desk or 'pod' as we call them We aim for an informal and relaxed atmosphere (no
shoes, informal dress code, free time etc) We set up a comfortable meeting space where
ideas can be shared You can never have too many white boards!!
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Welcome to our office
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Comfortable Meeting Area
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You can never have too many white boards or technical books
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Something to read when the powers out :-)
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Teams working closely together
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Conclusion
Thanks for you attention!
Any questions?