SCRUM:
Answering the Tough Questions
Ryan Ripley - @ryanripley
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ryan@ryanripley.com
@ryanripley
A podcast devoted to the individuals
and interactions that make agile
work.
#Path17
Stacey Diagram
•Simple: Everything is known
•Complicated: More is known
than unknown
•Complex: More is unknown
than know
•Chaotic: Very little is known
SCRUM IN ONE SLIDE
Development
Sprint Planning Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
Sprint
ROLES: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Developer
ARTIFACTS: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Increment
PRODUCT
OWNER
SCRUM
MASTER
STAKEHOLDERS
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
WHAT?
WHY?
IMPEDIMENTS
SYSTEM
IMPEDIMENTS
FEEDBACK
(HOW)
SCRUM MANAGEMENT • Manage the boundaries
• Build Stable Teams
• Hire people – Grow skills
• Act transparently
• Examine systems &
correct faulty ones
• Give guidance when
asked/needed
• Reach across org charts
• Definition of Done
• Continuous improvement
• Expect working software
every sprint
Vision – Direction – Goals
“I finally have time to do my job.”
Scrum is not a problem solving
framework. It’s a problem finding
framework.
@ryanripley #BetterSoftwareCon
QUESTION #1: CI CD How to?
Mary
QUESTION #2: Agile Fluency
framework? James
QUESTION #3: how to make
agile work in a hybrid
environment? Jeff
QUESTION #4: Distributed
teams?
Chris
QUESTION #5: Shu Ha Ri?
Carina
QUESTION #6: Team member
hates Scrum?
Rob
QUESTION #7: What comes
after agile?
Randy
QUESTION #8: Forecast
delivery?
Eric
QUESTION #9: How to address
resistance to change?
Mark
QUESTION #10: Scrum with
part time product owner? What
does it look like?
Munish
QUESTION #11: How do we
bend people in to T’s?
Mark
QUESTION #12: Is lean Kanban
advanced Scrum?
Joe
QUESTION #13: Big company,
how long and how can we be
successful?
Theresa
QUESTION #14: How much
training should devs have?
Tom
QUESTION #15: iteration
interruptions?
Ken
QUESTION #16: Resistance to
change from the business?
Nandi
QUESTION #17: How do we
have accountability for
continuous learning?
Alan
QUESTION #18: What is the
definition of agile?
Matt
QUESTION #19: Fixed bid how-
to?
Ryan
QUESTION #20: Common
reasons for failure?
Fredrick
http://ryanripley.com
ryan@ryanripley.com
@ryanripley
A podcast devoted to the individuals
and interactions that make agile
work.

Advanced Scrum: Answering the Difficult Questions