Sprint Review Tips & Tricks Steve Greene , salesforce.com

Why do sprint reviews?

Inspect & Adapt

Visibility Feedback Discussion Course Correction

Who’s coming?

Executives & Stakeholders Other Teams Customers & Business Partners

What are they interested in seeing?

Demos !

of stuff that’s done and potentially release-able.

But first, set the context for your sprint

The Sprint Review Deck

First things first. The Team.

ok, now we know who. what about the what?

cool. are you done?

looks good.

What’s wrong with this team?

started it all. finished nothing.

What’s “right” with this team?

That’s better.

What if my team didn’t finish anything this sprint?

That’s ok. You still have a slot at the sprint review to give visibility to what the team has worked on this sprint. But, sorry, no demo.

Keep the powerpoint stuff to a bare minimum please 5-10 minutes, tops.

Demo Time

who’s doing the demo?

Product Owner QA Engineer ScrumMaster Sys Admin Network Engineer DBA UE Designer Technical Writer Any Team Member Developer BSA

how can I make my demo most effective?

Set the stage Reference your customer Tell a story so they understand why this functionality / service / infrastructure is important

Set the stage

Reference your customer

Tell a story so they understand why this functionality / service / infrastructure is important

Speak loudly Speak slowly Tell them what you're doing before you do it Don’t click as fast as you would using the product Don't use speed keys

Speak loudly

Speak slowly

Tell them what you're doing before you do it

Don’t click as fast as you would using the product

Don't use speed keys

listen. listen. listen.

engage.

Practice your demo (at least once) Know your stuff – whatever it is Setup in advance and have all of your data available Remote desktop to another box for demo Stay on-time – respect your audience

Practice your demo (at least once)

Know your stuff – whatever it is

Setup in advance and have all of your data available

Remote desktop to another box for demo

Stay on-time – respect your audience

Have pre-defined links for all demo logins With a complex demo, have one person talk, another navigate Shift-click to open browser windows to get back to a previous spot quickly If you’re used to using a Mac, rehearse on a PC, sprint review laptop will be a PC

storytelling is crucial.

Think Benioff.

Now that the demos are over… show us your prioritized list of stories for the next sprint.

Don’t be afraid

7 Stupid Things People do to ruin their Sprint Review

#7

Try to demo un-done work

#6

Click, click, click, click, click

#5

Be unprepared OR over-prepared

#4

Ignore the ADM process

#3

Get defensive to feedback

#2

Fail to tell a story

#1

Try to impress!

Don’t forget…

Inspect & Adapt

Think about it.