will anteater survive? - agile zoo simulation game
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WILL ANTEATER SURVIVE?
SŁAWEK ŁUKJANOW & MACIEJ WILMIŃSKI
SCRUM GUIDE SAYS...The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:
• Understanding and prac>cing agility
• Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT OF INTERNAL "BUSINESS"
DEPARTMENT(WHATEVER ITS NAME IS)
WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED THROUGH THE YEARS
THE BIGGEST PROBLEMSCRUM MASTERS ARE TOO OFTEN
PERCEIVED AS THE IT GUYS
... BUT WE'RE NOT!
SCRUM MASTERS HAVE TO FIND THE TIME FOR BUSINESS
to build trust
to make the en>re company agile
to succeed with agile
…and with YOUR business
GOING BACK...• Understanding and prac>cing agility
• Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
PLAYING AND LEARNING - LEARNING WHILE PLAYING
Lego4Scrum solves the first problem
...what about the second one?
SO HERE WE ARE
THE COMMON GOAL
ZOO? WHAT THE HELL?
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
SAMPLE ZOO PROBLEMS• Debts at the power plant – risk of power shortage and bailiff threat
• Aggressive rats a\acking visitors
• Leaking aquariums
• A high and s>ll growing level of apathy among hippos
• Running out of food
SAMPLE REQUIREMENTS• Implemen>ng the 111833/2200/ZZZZ/2016 EU anteater direc>ve (3 units)
• Acquiring a lion couple (13)
• Acquiring a fake co\on candy lion couple piñata (1)
• Paying off electrical debt (13)
• Acquiring a female hippo in order to lower the male hippo apathy level (8)
• Hiring a verminator to deal with the rat problem (5)
SO FAR, SO GOOD... SO WHAT?
TAKEAWAYS• POs also don't talk with one another - it's not DEVs’ speciality. Fight with
that!
• Scrum Master is not the IT guy. Remember that!
• talk with Your Head Of Marke>ng to establish the rules of the game
• work with business (Product Owners) - there's no other way
• bring Your agile knowledge and enthusiasm
• you can use Agile ZOO - it's there for YOU!
GUYS, DON'T YOU FORGET THE ANTEATER?
• Anteaters are toothless creatures.
• Their tongue can be 2 feet long. It is narrow and covered with >ny spines.
• They never destroy anthill because they plan to come and eat another por>on of ants in the future.
• They sleep 15 hours per day.
• They can eat up to 30 000 insects per day.
• ... and it's one of the creatures in our game. It's up to you if it will survive!
Hell no! Do you know that?