Offshore Outsourcing with Scrum

Alexey Krivitsky @alexeykri SCRUMguides krivitsky@scrumguides.com metaphors, advices and ideas on developing offshore software teams.agileee edition www.scrumoffshore.net

I am from Ukraine.“Ukraine is a developing country”.

Ukraineis a software developing country.

Few weeks back I visited Berlin- A SYMBOLIC PLACE OF FREEDOM.

When we’re talking about offshoring- THE WALL IS THERE.

DISCLAIMER THINGS IN THIS PRESENTATION MAY APPEAR OBVIOUS TO YOU. EVEN QUITE OBVIOUS.STILL, I KEEP OBSERVING OFFSHORETEAMS AND PROJECTS THAT SUFFER FROM OBVIOUS DISASTERS. WITH OBVIOUS CAUSES.BUT, ‘OBVIOUS’ DOESN’T NATURALY MEAN ‘CONSIOUS’.MY GOAL IS TO HELP MAKE OBVIOUS THINGS CONSIOUS.

THE BRICKS IN THE WALL¡ Cultural differences¡ T ime zone shifts

THE BRICKS IN THE WALL¡ Cultural differences¡ T ime zone shifts¡ Invalid assumptions e.g.: you can start with 50 people hired altogether e.g.: offshore team will be implementing designs defined onshore¡ Wrong expectations e.g.: offshore teams will quickly outperform onshore e.g.: onshore process will not change

subcontracting TERMINOLOGY client-customer rel. distributed developmentoutsourcing all teams have transfer of work equal level of to an external contractor authorityoffshoring to another country team extension employees of another company are integratednearshoring into onshore team to a neighboring country

Offshoring involves shifting workto a foreign, distant organization inorder to reduce production costs. wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearshoring

MAIN DRIVERS OF OFFSHORING1.  Minimize operational expenses – do cheaper2.  Satisfy hiring needs – insource skills3.  Avoid legal issues of lay-offs – less headache

COST OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIESSHORT-TERM LONG-TERM¡ cut expenses ¡ invest in growth¡ do more ¡ do better with less staff with more skilled staff¡ maximize savings ¡ minimize turnover¡ build repeatable ¡ teach, delegate process and mentor

BUT SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS …¡ don’t know how to express themselves¡ don’t know how to take responsibility¡ are willing to take all the risks … ARE LIKE KIDS

KIDS AT WORK

DIFFERENT STRATEGIES YOUR FRIENDS’ CHILDREN YOUR CHILDREN¡  you want to make sure ¡  you want to make them they do no harm grow into good people¡  turnover not controllable ¡  zero turnover¡  someone will take care of them ¡  you’re responsible for your kids¡  don’t listen to you ¡  will support you and don’t care when you’re retired

RESPONSIBILITY PROCESS(responsibility is a process) ¡ Responsibility ¡ Quit ¡ Obligation ¡ Shame ¡ Justify ¡ Lay blame ¡ Denial www.christopheravery.com/responsibility-process

MAIN DRIVERS OF OFFSHORING1.  Minimize operational expenses – do cheaper AS THE MAIN DRIVER MIGHT LEAD TO SUBOPTIMIZATIONS2.  Satisfy hiring needs – insource skills AS THE MAIN DRIVER SHOULD LEAD TO RESPECT AND GROWTH

TAKE-AWAYS OF PART ONE“developers are like kids”“not caring about children is irresponsible“cost optimization as the main driver is not good”

DATING MODEL divorce or die the same day EVENTS planning more kids long long owning a house married having the first kid longmoving out married just married STAGES dating

DATING MODEL long long married long married just married STAGESdating

IMAGINE A COUPLEdating with 3 kids just bough a house never lived moving out together

THE FOUR STAGESof team development1. 2.STAFF IT UP START IT UP4. 3.SCALE IT UP SPEED IT UP

THE FOUR STAGESof team developmentbuild as your team start shoreless1. 2.STAFF IT UP START IT UP4. 3.SCALE IT UP SPEED IT UPkeep respecting individuals set up flow

TAKE-AWAYS OF PART TWO“there steps in relationship development”“building offshore teams is like building a family”“going to fast might lead to a collapse”

APPENDIX(the most valuable part)

1.build your team STAFF IT UP

1.build your team STAFF IT UP advices don’t outsource hiring hire people you like first hire a leader disregard the age hire as a group

startshoreless 2. START IT UP

start shoreless 2. START IT UP leverage past experience advices of newcomers consider doing scrum engage team in solution designdo first sprints shoreless embrace new process warm up with weekly make a step back in setup sprints attend trainings solution design altogether invest in dev. integrate your architect infrastructure

all youneed is 3. flow SPEED IT UP

all you need is 3. flow SPEED IT UP distribute product advices ownershiprun regular grooming sessions invest in communication express equality and infrastructure trust organize ambassadorseparate daily scrums program from status calls use skype group chats buy good webcams shift solution design and use them offshore

keep 4.respectingindividuals SCALE IT UP

keep 4.respectingindividuals SCALE IT UP advicesbuild feature teams stay with the same offshore vendor – invest in the team extend PO team to offshore build team pages and visualize high-level portrait galleries management with kanbans

keep 4.respectingindividuals SCALE IT UP advicesbuild feature teams stay with the same offshore vendor – invest in the team extend PO team to offshore visualize high-level management with kanbans

this work is not finished.and never will be. by design. join www.scrumoffshore.net to help collaborate and elaborate these ideas.thank you!

Alexey Krivitsky @alexeykriwww.scrumoffshore.net

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Offshore Outsourcing with Scrum

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