Agile Development with Scrum

Shannon Lucas
July 22nd, 2011

Outline
What is Scrum? The Scrum Team Scrum Events Scrum Artifacts UX & Testing Organizational Impacts Selling Scrum

What is Scrum?

Scrum framework
Founded on empirical process control theory Intentionally incomplete Iterative & incremental Outwardly facing & transparent Requires a definition of done Adapts to changing requirements

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Team

Scrum Master Business owner

Product Owner

Scrum Team Stakeholders

Product Owner
Manages the Product Backlog and ensures business value of the Teams work Represents stakeholder interests to the team Plans product releases and maintains product roadmap One person, not a committee Ultimately responsible for products success

Scrum Master
Serves as coach, fixer, and gatekeeper A leadership role rather than managerial Plans individual Sprints with Team Facilitates all of the Scrum events Manages relationship between Product Owner and rest of team

The Development Team

Cross-functional group of 5 to 9 people Self-organizing & continuously improving Team determines how to transform Product Backlog into shippable functionality Accountability belongs to Team as a whole No domain-specific sub-teams

Scrum Events

Sprints
Daily Scrum meeting

24 Hours

14 Days
Sprint Backlog

Expanded tasks Potentially shippable product increment

Product Backlog

Sprints
Consistent duration throughout project Team composition and quality goals remain constant No changes made that affect Sprint Goal Scope can be clarified or re-negotiated as more is learned Risk is limited to cost of one sprint

Sprint Planning Meeting

Time-boxed meeting to determine work to be done in a Sprint First event of every Sprint Answers What will be delivered in this Sprint? Answers How will the work be achieved?

Daily Scrum
Daily 15 minute (max) meeting Each team member answers three questions:
- What has been accomplished since last meeting? - What will be done before the next meeting? - What obstacles are in the way?

Not a status meeting Only Development Team can participate

Sprint Review
Development Team demonstrates work done in the Sprint Product Owner determines what has been Done or not Done Results in a revised Product Backlog Informs planning for the next Sprint

Sprint Retrospective
Final activity of every Sprint Team reflects on the Sprint in terms of people, relationships, process, and tools Identify what went well and where improvements are needed. Team plans how to implement improvements

Scrum Artifacts

Product Backlog
Single source of requirements and changes to the product Ordered by unique priority Never complete Dynamic and changes as needed responding to changing business needs Anyone involved can contribute to it

Product Backlog

Highest priority items have the most detail Detail on lower priority items deferred until its needed

Sprint Backlog
Set of Backlog items that the Team commits to delivering in the Sprint Serves as a real-time picture of how work is progressing Belongs solely to the Development Team

Definition of Done
A shared understanding of what it means when work is considered done Defined at the beginning of the project Applies globally to the project Might include things such as:
- Unit & functional tests - Documentation

User Experience & Testing

User Experience Tasks

UX tasks happen slightly ahead of programming tasks UX expertise stays involved No big handoffs

Testing
No distinct testing phase Features are tested as they are completed, during the Sprint they are developed in

Organizational Impacts

Organizational Impacts
Transitioning to Scrum isnt always easy Traditional roles change Cultural changes Commitment to continuous improvement.

Selling Scrum

Selling Scrum
Clients may perceive fixed-bid contracts as less risky Target-scope & target-cost models Limiting client exposure to the internal process

Who uses Scrum?

Questions?

Thank you!

Resources
Scrum.org - http://www.scrum.org/ Scrum Alliance - http://www.scrumalliance.org/ All Things Product Owner - http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/ Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum by Elizabeth Woodward