The document presents an overview of the Agile Method - Scrum. It discusses the Waterfall life cycle and introduces Agile Method. Key aspects of Scrum covered include sprints, potentially shippable product increments, the product owner, product backlog, scrum master, daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and the advantages and disadvantages of the Agile Method compared to traditional management.

1. Agile Method - Scrum Present by Gloria Law April 7, 2008

2. Agenda Introduction Waterfall Life Cycle Agile Method Scrum Sprints Potentially Shippable Product Increment Product Owner Product Backlog ScrumMaster Daily Scrum Meeting Scrum of Scrums Sprint Planning Release Planning Sprint Review Risk Management System Representation Advantage & Disadvantage

3. Introduction Need software management methods to decrease the cost 28% completed on time and budget 23% failed 49% challenged 72% not meeting original goals

4. Waterfall Life Cycle X

5. Agile Method Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design Self-organizing teams Customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software Working software is the principal measure of progress Delivered frequently

6. Agile Method (cont) Late changes in requirements Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication Time is a fixed variable

7. Agile Manifesto “ We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.”

8. Scrum Rugby Eight individual Move the ball down the field One Goal

9. Sprints Scrum project make progress in a series of Sprints Timeboxed Period (2 – 4 weeks) During Sprint, team does: Analysis Design Code Test Product is potentially releasable after every Sprint

10. Potentially Shippable Product Increment At the end of each Sprint, the Team must produce a potentially shippable product increment (commit by the Team) High Quality Tested Complete Done

11. Product Owner Represents (or is) the user or customer for the project Knowing what to build and in what sequence Defines goals for overall project

12. Product Backlog The requirements A dynamic list of all desired work on the project Prioritized by the Product Owner Reprioritized at the start of each Sprint

13. ScrumMaster Responsible for enforcing the values and practices of the framework and the Team Remove impediments Educate outside groups about how the Teams is working Improve productivity in any way possible Facilitate Team meetings Servant Leader

14. Daily Scrum Meeting Tasks that is completed Obstacles to complete specific task Plan to accomplish between now and the next Scrum meeting

15. Scrum of Scrum Synchronize inter-team work Issue list is up-to-date Discuss impediments

16. Sprint Planning Happens on the 1 st day of the Sprint Scrum Team takes the Sprint Goal and decides what Product Backlog are necessary Team self-organizes around how they’ll meet the Sprint Goal Sprint Backlog is created

17. Release Planning Several Days before Sprint Planning What will be built Identify top level priorities Select more than what the Team can likely do in one Sprint

18. Sprint Review Updates to Product Owner Plans for next Sprint Change in Requirements Demonstration

19. Risk Management Risk is low Continue testing Problem is notified during Daily Scrum Meeting

20. System Representation Release Planning Sprint Planning Ideas Programming Daily Scrum Sprint Review Release Review Working Code Error Error Product Backlog Release Backlog Sprint Backlog

21. Advantage & Disadvantage + Continuous testing and communication can find issues rapidly - Might not find bugs until later stage Risk Management - Knowledge is stored mentally - Code is the documentation + Highly emphasize + Requires in every stage Documentation + Good internal communication + Higher quality - Lack of communication with the customer and team members Communication + Micro Planning + Avoid Requirement cramming - Might be headed toward wrong direction + Able to see the overall project Planning + No delays on important features + Less important features might scaled back or dropped + Support for long-term plans Prioritization Agile Method Traditional Management

22. Work Breakdown Schedule Requirement Analysis Proposal (February) Research Review Case Study (March) Paper Analysis (March-April) Writing the Paper Proof Read

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