ScrumA simple overview

”Scrum” is a term taken from sports• ” a method of restarting play in rugby that involves players packing closely

together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball”

Used as a metaphor for a new way of working

Scrum as a way of working: values• Focus

• Because we focus on only a few things at a time, we work well together and produce excellent work. We deliver valuable items sooner.

• Courage• Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more resources at our disposal. This gives us the

courage to undertake greater challenges.

• Openness• As we work together, we express how we're doing, what's in our way, and our concerns so they can be

addressed.

• Commitment• Because we have great control over our own destiny, we are more committed to success.

• Respect• As we work together, sharing successes and failures, we come to respect each other and to help each

other become worthy of respect.

Connection to “Agile”

Connection to “Lean”

Scrum lifecycle

Scrum roles

Scrum – pigs and chickens• Pigs• Actual team members• Scrum Master• Product Owner

• Chickens• Managers• Stakeholders

Scrum meetings

Scrum outside software dev. • Principles and process can be used outside technical domain• Advantages:• Everything is time-boxed into sprints• One big meeting per sprint, one daily smaller meeting, no ad-hoc meetings• Project timelines are easier to manage• Business teams are in line with development and delivery teams• Ideas are not lost but captured in a backlog• Progress transparency = happier stakeholders and management

Resources• Scrum values • https://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/core-scrum-values-roles

• Scrum general• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSc4WhkrMs• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/04/29/scrum-is-a-major-

management-discovery/• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/01/26/why-do-managers-h

ate-agile/