The document discusses Scrum and agile project management. It shows that agile methodologies like Scrum are more successful than traditional waterfall approaches. Scrum focuses on iterative delivery of working software with adjustable scope and schedule. User stories are used to define independent elements of a project's scope from the perspective of different users.

1. Scrum
Covering the PSM I (Professional Scrum Master) exam
by Frank Turley, Management Plaza
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Prac--oner,
PRINCE2
Trainer,
AgilePM®
Prac--oner,
AgilePM®
Trainer,
PSM
I,
PSPO
I,
EXIN
Agile
Scrum,
Human
J

2. Agility

3. !3
AgileWaterfall
Successful
14%
Challenged
57%
Failed
29%
Successful
42%
Challenged
49%
Failed
9%
Standish
Group,
2012

5. !5
Scrum
52%
Scrum+XP
14%
Others
34%
Agile
Adop*on
Rates:
House,
D.
(2012).
Sixth
annual
state
of
agile
survey:
State
of
agile
development.
Atlanta,
GA:
VersionOne

6. !6
Agile Vs. agile
agile adjective
1 able to move quickly and easily
synonym: nimble
2 able to think quickly and in an
intelligent way
Ø An agile mind/brain
agility noun
Ø He had the agility of a man half
his age.
A type of project delivery and
project management methods.
Such as
Ø Scrum
Ø XP
Ø DSDM Atern
Ø Crystal
all have adaptive lifecycles in common.

7. Development lifecycle
Specifica-on
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
implement
High-level
project plan
Detailed
project plan
Scope
Prediction
Architecture
Prediction
Product
Alternative 1: Predictive Lifecycle

8. Development lifecycle
Specifica-on
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
implement
a document:
Product
Requirements
Specification
another
document:
Software
Architecture
unusable
code
unusable
code
unusable
code
working
software
Alternative 1: Predictive Lifecycle

9. Development lifecycle
Itera-on
1
Itera-on
2
Itera-on
3
Itera-on
4
Itera-on
5
Itera-on
6
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Specification
Design
Build
Integrate
Test
Implement
Alternative 2: Adaptive Lifecycle

10. Development lifecycle
Itera-on
1
Itera-on
2
Itera-on
3
Itera-on
4
Itera-on
5
Itera-on
6
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
working
software
new
business
value
created
Time to
stop?
Time to
stop?

11. !11
’
Quality?
Cost
Features
Time Features
CostTime
Quality
Variable
Fixed
Traditional
Approach
Atern
Approach

12. !12
Fixed
Scope
Fixed
Time
Scrum
Atern
Waterfall
’
Quality?
Cost
Features
Time Features
CostTime
Quality
Variable
Fixed
Traditional
Approach
Atern
Approach

13. !13
Defining elements of scope:
l Non-technical
l Independent

14. !14
Defining elements of scope:
Œ specification
 use cases
Ž user stories
«««««
«««««
«««««

15. !15
Defining elements of scope:
Ž user stories «««««
As a …, I want to …, [so
that…]
As a user, I want to reset my password.
Purpose/result
or
Business benefit (value)