by Olga Moroz

1. Olha Moroz 9/15/2010 Distributed Scrum – Keys to Success by Olha Moroz Project Manager, SoftServe

2. Statistics

3. What’s the deal? Distance Culture Time Language

4. The Team US UA Dev Team QA Team Dev Team QA Team Support Dev Managers Support Project Manager QA Manager Product Managers

5. The Team 4 Hours of Overlap Dev Team QA Team Dev Team QA Team Support Dev Managers Support Project Manager QA Manager Product Managers

6. Fully Distributed Scrum Different Locations Single Sprint Backlog Single Sprint Goal Shared Code Ownership Cross - Functional

7. Fully Distributed Scrum SM Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA Dev QA UA US SM SM SM PO PO PO PO

8. Key 1 – Common Vision Domain Knowledge Real Users Release Dates Market Needs Competitors

9. Key 2 – Right People Flexible to the Change Ready to Learn Not Afraid of Challenges Team Players Agile!

10. Key 3 – Education Basic Knowledge Initial Training Coaching Program On Site Kick-off Assessment

11. Key 4 – Language Talk Listen and Hear Understand

12. Key 5 – Communication On Site Visits Video on Each Meeting Whole Team on Each Meeting Tools Daily Updates

13. Key 6 – Socializing and Culture Personal Relationships Equality

14. Key 7 – Visibility and Transparency Shared Tools Shared Definition of Done Expertise Shared Sprint Backlog Scrum of Scrums

15. Key 8 – Infrastructure Shared Codebase Continuous Integration Daily Builds Test Automation Hardware and Software

16. Key 9 – Product Owner

17. Key 10 – Adjustment Team Culture and Standards Adjust Work Hours Team Conventions and Agreements

18. Master Key – Common Sense The Art of Possible

19. Achievements Increased Communication Improved Estimation Better at Planning, Tracking and Changing Priorities More Context Responsibility and Ownership

20. Thank you! “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself” Henry Ford