Collocation in Distributed Scrum Teams - Lessons Learned
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In the case of a Distributed Scrum setup where your development locations are within close proximity, it is recommended that your distributed Scrum team is occasionally collocated. Though, it comes with the risk that team members misleadingly perceive their distributed team as a collocated team with occasional remote work by certain team members. In this context, YMC AG could gather some helpful Lessons Learned.
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- 1. Colocation in Distributed Scrum Teams Lessons Learned Picturebydhaun,licensedundertheCCBY2.0
- 2. About me Agilist for 5+ years in the roles of developer and Agile/Scrum Master Senior Software Engineer / Agile Evangelist @ YMC AG Kreuzlingen, Switzerland Fabian Kiss Twitter: @head_revision
- 3. Definitions Distributed Scrum Scrum Teams in different locations distributed Scrum Team distributed team members Distributed Scrum Team distributed Scrum Team or team per location or mix of both
- 4. Types of Distributed Scrum by Jeff Sutherland et al., Distributed Scrum: Agile Project Management with Outsourced Development Teams, 2006
- 5. Levels of distribution by Elizabeth Woodward, Steffan Surdek, Matthew Ganis, Distributed Scrum: Agile Project Management with Outsourced Development Teams, IBM Press, 2010
- 6. Colocation In general: as much colocation as possible « The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. » 6th principle from the Agile Manifesto
- 7. Colocation Recommendation: occasional colocation in Distributed Scrum Danger: PicturebyUSFWS/Southeast,licensedundertheCCBY2.0
- 8. What?
- 9. Colocation Recommendation: occasional colocation in Distributed Scrum Danger: of distributed Scrum Team (= of team members who are distributed otherwise) PicturebyUSFWS/Southeast,licensedundertheCCBY2.0
- 10. Why?
- 11. Scrum setup originally: “classic” Scrum 1 location 3 Scrum Teams Distributed Scrum 2 locations (on-site / off-site) 3 distributed Scrum Teams transformation PicturebySamHowzit,licensedundertheCCBY2.0
- 12. Types of Distributed Scrum by Jeff Sutherland et al., Distributed Scrum: Agile Project Management with Outsourced Development Teams, 2006
- 13. Levels of distribution by Elizabeth Woodward, Steffan Surdek, Matthew Ganis, Distributed Scrum: Agile Project Management with Outsourced Development Teams, IBM Press, 2010
- 14. Scrum setup Characteristics Disparity: Product Owner / Project stakeholders on-site Small distance: Metropolitan area of Zürich PicturebyPeriColeman,licensedaspublicdomain
- 15. Best Practices Best Practice: on-site colocation of all team members for important Scrum Events Sprint Planning, Review, Retro
- 17. Best Practices Problem: vast part of Distributed Scrum references implicates certain motives
- 18. Best Practices Neglected: Distributed Scrum within regional boundaries
- 19. more Best Practices? Discover them by your own!
- 20. Observations occasional colocation new challenge: different (self-)perception Distributed Scrum vs. “Remote Scrum”
- 21. Distributed Scrum vs. Remote Scrum Distributed Scrum Remote Scrum a distributed team with occasional colocation of all team members a colocated team with occasional remote work by certain team members possibly caused by... fewer “colocated days” than “distributed days” regularity of colocated days
- 22. Distributed Scrum vs. Remote Scrum Due to perception “Remote Scrum”: recurring impediments, identified after several Sprints
- 23. Impediment #1 off-site location only “exists” during remote work Remote Scrum Distributed Scrum
- 24. Impediment #2 off-site location is not likewise equipped Remote Scrum Distributed Scrum
- 25. Impediment #3 only face-to-face communication Remote Scrum Distributed Scrum
- 26. Lessons Learned prevent perception “Remote Scrum” by establishing a team+organization-wide awareness of Distributed Scrum from scratch
- 27. Lessons Learned refer to Distributed Scrum (instead of only Scrum) whenever possible avoid the term “remote”
- 28. Lessons Learned do not successively add isolated practices for remote work to your classic Scrum example:VC tool for face-to-face communication vs.VC tool for team communication
- 29. Lessons Learned consider to abandon colocation at the beginning to make the change to Distributed Scrum more noticeable
- 30. « At scale, all agile development is distributed development. » Dean Leffingwell in Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises