This document summarizes three initiatives - S-BOARD, X-REVIEW, and F-Collaborate - undertaken by scrum teams to improve performance. For S-BOARD, teams created a visual representation of sprint goals and were rated. This helped reduce rework by forcing teams to thoroughly plan logistics. X-REVIEW involved cross-team analysis of burn down charts and acceptance criteria to induce competition and expose teams to different working styles. F-Collaborate broke down silos by providing exposure to other functions, tools, and technologies through collaborative training and quizzes with rewards to motivate performance improvements.

1. Flyer 1 – S-BOARD
 There were more inputs shared on the functionality
 Ops role scrum mmembers benefited more and were able to develop code
effectively.
 Helped in reducing the amount of rework.
 Teams were forced to think through all the logistics of the project
 Helped to toss ideas around
 Lot of reduction in rework
Outcome
Visual representation of the Sprint goal
 Ratings for each S-Board from teams
 Best S-Board was mailed as a Flyer to Leadership
Motivating factor
Measure
Rework effort reduced
(Total Effort for Rework / Total Effort for Sprint) * 100
No right or wrong way to do it!
Reduction in rework sprint11 sprint12 sprint13
Total effort for sprint 520 525 530
Total effort for rework 1 0.8 0.5
Rework% 19% 15% 9%
19%
15%
9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
sprint11 sprint12 sprint13
Reduction in rework %

2. Flyer 2 – X-REVIEW
 Sprint burndown charts were analyzed and improvements were actioned
 Teams understood the importance of burn down charts.
 Cross team review motivated the teams to enter the burned hours daily.
 Helped to fail forward but win big
 Teams were exposed to how Acceptance criteria was being written by
different teams.
Outcome
Cross team Review of all teams activities every sprint , analyzing and tracking actions to closure. A culture for
continuous improvements
Measure
Actions ETA
Team A
Burn down chart is a staircase. Remaining hrs. to be entered everyday
Sprint start date lag by a day. Prompt start of sprint on day 1 recommended 5-Feb-18
Team B Lot of scope creep during the sprint. Root cause analysis using 5-Whys to be conducted 6-Feb-18
Team C Acceptance criteria need to be more detailed. Sprint planning to be done with coach 6-Feb-18
 Induced competition between scrum teams
 Exposure to other teams way of working
Motivating factor
-15
-10
-5
0
Iteration 11 Iteration 12 Iteration 13 Iteration 14 Iteration 15
Scope volatilityDecrease in scope volatility
Increase in velocity
Increase in committed stories %
Prevention…better than cure??

3. Survey – DROOLS & NOX
X
Flyer 3 – F-Collaborate
 Broke silos and improved communication between diverse group of people
 Gave exposure to other dependent business functions/ Tools / Technologies from
other teams and helped in understanding the end to end Billing flow.
 Everyone learnt more.
 Helped improve T-shaped skills
 Trust improved between the teams
 Rewards motived the teams to perform better in the Quiz
 Trainer survey helped in improving the quality of training
Outcome
Feature team collaboration - A culture for upskilling
 Score for each of the sessions (Max. score:
100/topic)
 Trainer survey for the quality of training
 Full scorer for a Tool/Domain or Technology to
get a T-STAR award
Motivating factor
Survey – Trainer feedback
DASH shaped skills don’t work!!!

4. More to follow…….