Scrum Day Twin Cities 2015

1. ©
Copyright
2009
Genova
Technologies,
Inc.
–
Proprietary
Informa?on
TPS
Reports
Who
actually
uses
those?
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©
Copyright
2009
Genova
Technologies,
Inc.
–
Proprietary
Informa?on
Ben
Ellio:
• BA
in
Computer
Science,
Coe
College
in
2004
• Internship
at
Genova
Technologies
• Work
Experiences
at
Genova
Technologies
– Waterfall
Development:
• Aerospace
Equipment
Automated
TesMng
applicaMon
• Business
Jet
cabin
soPware
• Website
to
track/show
informaMon
about
natural
resources
• SituaMonal
Awareness
Test
Engineer
for
Rotary
Wing
Aerospace
– Cowboy
Development:
• Display
route
informaMon
and
adverMsements
for
transportaMon
• NavigaMon
and
operator
data
display
for
Municipal
TransportaMon

4. Waterfall

6. Waterfall
Struggles
• DocumentaMon
outdated
before
its
reviewed
• Change
is
painful
• Customer
dislikes
the
results
of
what
they
said
they
wanted
• Time
to
market
• Overkill
for
some
projects
• Hard
to
do
for
new
developers

7. Cowboy
Style

8. No
documentaMon
at
all

9. Cowboy
Struggles
• Onboarding
new
team
members
• SoPware
ValidaMon
• Is
it
the
right
soPware?
• Determining
value?

10. IntroducMon
to
Agile
• Team
Member
• Scrummaster
– CSM
(April
2014)
– Chosen
as
SM
(Summer
2014)
• Product
Owner
– Owned
a
team
(June
2015)
– CSPO
(August
2015)

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©
Copyright
2009
Genova
Technologies,
Inc.
–
Proprietary
Informa?on
Agile
Manifesto

12. Waterfall
DocumentaMon

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©
Copyright
2009
Genova
Technologies,
Inc.
–
Proprietary
Informa?on
Cowboy
DocumentaMon

15. • What
is
needed
to
convey
what
the
Product
Owner
and
stakeholders
need?
• What
is
needed
by
the
team
to
transfer
knowledge
quickly
and
easily?
• What
is
needed
by
the
team
to
prove
that
they
have
done
the
work
required?
• What
is
needed
to
reduce
maintenance
costs
with
maintaining
the
soPware?
• Who
am
I
making
this
document
for?
DocumentaMon
QuesMons

16. Atypical
Scrum
Setup
• Team
consists
of
– 8
Developers
• PV
team
handles
product
validaMon
• UX
team
creates
a
consistent
look
and
feel
for
applicaMon
UI

17. My
Scrum
Team
• DocumentaMon
– Inputs
• System
SpecificaMon
• UI
SpecificaMon
– Outputs
• SoPware
Release
SpecificaMon
• TesMng
Notes

18. Summary
• DocumentaMon
can
be
useful
• Documents
should
only
be
created
to
fill
a
specific
need
and
have
a
specific
audience
• DocumentaMon
should
depend
on
the
complexity
and
size
of
the
work
• Let
the
team
and
stakeholders
have
input
• DocumentaMon
is
a
deliverable

19. QuesMons?

20. Contact
InformaMon
Ben
Ellio:
Genova
Technologies,
Inc
Cedar
Rapids,
IA
Ben.ellio:@genovatech.com
319-­‐378-­‐8455
www.genovatech.com