Being Agile – Doing Scrum XB Software Solutions

Agile Manifesto Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

Scrum? Framework for creating your own agile process Will help you fail in 30 days or less Emergence: the beauty of letting go, and trusting “ At the beginning of the project we’ll be more stupid about the project than we’ll ever be again”

Framework for creating your own agile process

Will help you fail in 30 days or less

Emergence: the beauty of letting go, and trusting

“ At the beginning of the project we’ll be more stupid about the project than we’ll ever be again”

SCRUM = ACTION On your feet!

The Ballpoints Game Objective: score “ball points” as a whole team Assign one person as the Starter and a different one as the Finisher. Place all balls in a box or similar container. Pass balls, individually, from one person to another. Each ball must have air time between passes. You must not pass to your immediate neighbor. Each ball must begin with the Starter who takes it from the box, and end with the Finisher, who places it back in the box. Each ball that goes through a full pass of the team and ends back in the box counts as one point. The team has one minute to plan and estimate how many points they will get. The team has two minutes to score as many points as possible. And iterate.

Objective: score “ball points” as a whole team

Assign one person as the Starter and a different one as the Finisher. Place all balls in a box or similar container.

Pass balls, individually, from one person to another.

Each ball must have air time between passes.

You must not pass to your immediate neighbor.

Each ball must begin with the Starter who takes it from the box, and end with the Finisher, who places it back in the box.

Each ball that goes through a full pass of the team and ends back in the box counts as one point.

The team has one minute to plan and estimate how many points they will get.

The team has two minutes to score as many points as possible.

And iterate.

EXECUTE REFLECT PLAN

Scrum Foundations Empiricism Self Organization Collaboration Time Boxing Prioritization

Empiricism

Self Organization

Collaboration

Time Boxing

Prioritization

Feature Priorization & Emergence Deliver the highest value early on But don’t neglect the bigger picture Design can emerge while still delivering value to your customer

Deliver the highest value early on

But don’t neglect the bigger picture

Design can emerge while still delivering value to your customer

User stories Requirements: As a <USER> I want <FUNCTION> so that <BUSINESS_VALUE> Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable

Requirements:

As a <USER> I want <FUNCTION> so that <BUSINESS_VALUE>

Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable

Scrum is easy! Simple to understand Implemented in a few days Scrum is hard! Confrontational at times Micro manager’s hell Requires commitment to agile principles on all levels Need to break through established patterns

Scrum is easy!

Simple to understand

Implemented in a few days

Scrum is hard!

Confrontational at times

Micro manager’s hell

Requires commitment to agile principles on all levels

Need to break through established patterns

SCRUM = ACTION On your feet!

Scrum Roles Team Self managing, Cross functional, Autonomous, Accountable Product Owner Drives the product vision, Maintains and prioritizes the backlog, Accepts the working software Scrum Master Manages the process, Supports the team, Removes organization impediments

Team

Self managing, Cross functional, Autonomous, Accountable

Product Owner

Drives the product vision, Maintains and prioritizes the backlog, Accepts the working software

Scrum Master

Manages the process, Supports the team, Removes organization impediments

Scrum documents Product Backlog A living list of prioritized user stories Represents the what of the system Everyone can add, only product owner can prioritize Sprint Backlog List of tasks Represents the how of the system Owned and managed by the team Impediment list List of organizational and team impediments (with suggested solutions) Definition of Done Checklist of acceptance criteria for working software

Product Backlog

A living list of prioritized user stories

Represents the what of the system

Everyone can add, only product owner can prioritize

Sprint Backlog

List of tasks

Represents the how of the system

Owned and managed by the team

Impediment list

List of organizational and team impediments (with suggested solutions)

Definition of Done

Checklist of acceptance criteria for working software

Scrum Ceremonies Story Time Discuss high priority backlog items Establish acceptance criteria Estimate story point values Sprint Planning Team and product owner negotiate commitment Daily Scrum 15 Minutes team meeting What did you do yesterday? What will you do today? What is getting in your way? Sprint Demo and Review At the end of sprint: demonstrate working software Receive and discuss feedback Sprint Retrospective Inspect and adapt the process Results in explicit improvement commitments

Story Time

Discuss high priority backlog items

Establish acceptance criteria

Estimate story point values

Sprint Planning

Team and product owner negotiate commitment

Daily Scrum

15 Minutes team meeting

What did you do yesterday?

What will you do today?

What is getting in your way?

Sprint Demo and Review

At the end of sprint: demonstrate working software

Receive and discuss feedback

Sprint Retrospective

Inspect and adapt the process

Results in explicit improvement commitments

Scrum Process

From Scrum to Xrum Scrum: Framework for creating your own agile process Still busy finding our ‘XB’ way Distributed teams? Current project: B2B EOLv2 (Rens/Emiel/Den Bosch) Current Project: B2B ChannelNet (MarcK/Jim/Almere)

Scrum: Framework for creating your own agile process

Still busy finding our ‘XB’ way

Distributed teams?

Current project: B2B EOLv2 (Rens/Emiel/Den Bosch)

Current Project: B2B ChannelNet (MarcK/Jim/Almere)

Xrum Task Board

Xrum Definition of Done Een user story is gereed zodra: De Bamboo build er niet door gebroken wordt Er een unit test is geschreven en passeert Een screenshot, voor zover niet conform de mockup, is goedgekeurd door de Product Owner De code en unit test zijn gereviewed door een teamcollega Het de bestaande functionaliteit niet breekt Het component design in Confluence is bijgewerkt Het geïnstalleerd is op de Camel Autorisatieniveau’s goed worden gecontroleerd Bijbehorende installatiescripts beschikbaar zijn gesteld voor oplevering Iemand van buiten het team met functionele kennis een functionele test heeft gedaan Een user story is gereed zodra: Deze volledig af is De code compleet is Er geen bugs bekend zijn Deze is goedgekeurd door de Proxy Product Owner Deze klaar is voor productie

Een user story is gereed zodra:

De Bamboo build er niet door gebroken wordt

Er een unit test is geschreven en passeert

Een screenshot, voor zover niet conform de mockup, is goedgekeurd door de Product Owner

De code en unit test zijn gereviewed door een teamcollega

Het de bestaande functionaliteit niet breekt

Het component design in Confluence is bijgewerkt

Het geïnstalleerd is op de Camel

Autorisatieniveau’s goed worden gecontroleerd

Bijbehorende installatiescripts beschikbaar zijn gesteld voor oplevering

Iemand van buiten het team met functionele kennis een functionele test heeft gedaan

Een user story is gereed zodra:

Deze volledig af is

De code compleet is

Er geen bugs bekend zijn

Deze is goedgekeurd door de Proxy Product Owner

Deze klaar is voor productie

Xrum Team Motivation

Quotes Users don’t know what they want until they’re shown what they can get. Fixed time and fixed price and fixed scope and high quality in any non-trivial project? Never happened. Never will happen. Leaderless teams? Leaderfull teams! Celebrate failure because you took a risk. If you want better software, just ask .

Users don’t know what they want until they’re shown what they can get.

Fixed time and fixed price and fixed scope and high quality in any non-trivial project? Never happened. Never will happen.

Leaderless teams? Leaderfull teams!

Celebrate failure because you took a risk.

If you want better software, just ask .

????? WHAT’S YOUR XRUM ?????

When is Scrum appropriate? Anarchy space: research Simple space: maintenance Complex space: new product development and knowledge work Scrum appropriate for problems in the complex space

Anarchy space: research

Simple space: maintenance

Complex space: new product development and knowledge work

Scrum appropriate for problems in the complex space

Agile estimation Assign ‘size points’ to the following countries: England Argentina Russia Japan Monaco Costa Rica The Netherlands Australia Kazakhstan Chad

Assign ‘size points’ to the following countries:

England

Argentina

Russia

Japan

Monaco

Costa Rica

The Netherlands

Australia

Kazakhstan

Chad