what is scrum?
‐ Arrie van der Dussen @ Scrum User Group South Africa, 19 March 2009

Arrie van der Dussen
certified scrum master
certified product owner
prince2 practitioner (blush)
scrum and agile since 2004
agile business manager @ kaizania
training, coaching, presenting, checking
scrum@kaizania.co.za

scrum‐in‐5‐minutes
FRAMEWORK VALUE SYSTEM PROCESS
• ITERATIVE & • COMMITMENT • INVITES THE
INCREMENTAL APPLICATION OF
• FOCUS
THE
• PRODUCT • OPENNESS
MENTIONED
INCREMENTS • RESPECT
VALUES BY
• INFINITE • COURAGE ASKING THE
AMOUNT OF
TEAM TO...
WORK DIVIDED
INTO
MANAGABLE • ORGANISE
CHUNKS THEMSELVES
INTO 3 ROLES
• PARTICIPATE IN 4
REGULAR
CEREMONIES
• PRODUCE AND
MAINTAIN 3
ARTIFACTS

scrum‐in‐5‐minutes
3 ROLES
Product Owner Scrum Master Team
4 CEREMONIES
Daily Scrum
Sprint Planning Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective
3 ARTIFACTS
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Burn‐down Chart

scrum‐in‐5‐minutes

scrum characteristics
strict empirical &
transparency
prioritisation adaptive
cross‐functional
/ self‐organising pull‐scheduling time boxing
teams
face‐to‐face
simple tools
communication

why scrum?
leverages productivity
the chaos increases
continuous
improvement