Scrum is a framework for project management that focuses on iterative development, self-organizing teams, and frequent inspection points. It originated from rugby where players pack closely together with heads down to gain possession of the ball. In Scrum, a product owner prioritizes a backlog of work for self-organizing development teams to complete in iterations called sprints. Daily stand-up meetings provide transparency and help teams course correct. Scrum values include focus, courage, openness, commitment, and respect.

1. Scrum
A simple overview

2. ”Scrum” is a term taken from sports
• ” a method of restarting play in rugby that involves players packing closely
together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the
ball”

3. Used as a metaphor for a new way of working

4. Scrum as a way of working: values
• Focus
• Because we focus on only a few things at a time, we work well together and produce
excellent work. We deliver valuable items sooner.
• Courage
• Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more resources at our disposal. This
gives us the courage to undertake greater challenges.
• Openness
• As we work together, we express how we're doing, what's in our way, and our concerns so
they can be addressed.
• Commitment
• Because we have great control over our own destiny, we are more committed to success.
• Respect
• As we work together, sharing successes and failures, we come to respect each other and to
help each other become worthy of respect.

5. Connection to “Agile”

6. Connection to “Lean”

7. Scrum lifecycle

8. Scrum roles

9. Scrum – pigs and chickens
• Pigs
• Actual team members
• Scrum Master
• Product Owner
• Chickens
• Managers
• Stakeholders

10. Scrum meetings

11. Scrum outside software dev.
• Principles and process can be used outside technical domain
• Advantages:
• Everything is time-boxed into sprints
• One big meeting per sprint, one daily smaller meeting, no ad-hoc meetings
• Project timelines are easier to manage
• Business teams are in line with development and delivery teams
• Ideas are not lost but captured in a backlog
• Progress transparency = happier stakeholders and management

12. Resources
• Scrum values
• https://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/core-scrum-values-roles
• Scrum general
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSc4WhkrMs
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/04/29/scrum-is-a-major-
management-discovery/
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/01/26/why-do-managers-
hate-agile/