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- 3. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Resolve the Contradiction of Specialists within Agile Teams Steve Berczuk Fitbit 1 © 2017 Steve Berczuk About Me People Process Technology 2002 2005 1995 Software Development Writing
- 4. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Agenda • Scrum Process & Principles • Scrum and Scrum Teams • Dealing with Growth & Kinds of Teams • Specialization • Questions/Discussion © 2017 Steve Berczuk Scrum Process & Principles
- 5. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Scrum Pillars and Values Transparency Inspection Adaptation Scrum © 2017 Steve Berczuk Scrum Pillars and Values Transparency Inspection Adaptation Commitment Courage Openness Focus Respect Scrum
- 6. Principles Practices © 2017Steve Berczuk Scrum Events Team Artifacts
- 7. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Scrum Teams © 2017 Steve Berczuk The Scrum Team
- 8. © 2017 SteveBerczuk The Scrum Team Scrum Values © 2017 Steve Berczuk What is a “Scrum Team?”
- 9. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Scrum Teams • Accountable • Self Organizing • Cross Functional • “Atomic” (no sub teams) © 2017 Steve Berczuk Blocking Sprint Backlog (Tasks)
- 10. © 2017 SteveBerczuk T Shaped Skills © 2017 Steve Berczuk T-Shaped Skills Sprint Backlog (Tasks)
- 11. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Reality © 2017 Steve Berczuk Teams and Features
- 12. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Aside: Feature v Application Payment Service Customer Service Fulfillment Service Feature © 2017 Steve Berczuk Aside: Feature v Application Payment Service Customer Service Fulfillment Service FeatureFeatureFeature
- 13. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Growth © 2017 Steve Berczuk Growth Patterns • Architecture • Common Components • Location • Teams in multiple locations • Multi Location Teams (?) • Technical and Domain Specialization
- 14. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Teams and Components © 2017 Steve Berczuk Components & Features
- 15. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Component Team Backlogs Capacity © 2017 Steve Berczuk Dependencies in Time Plan Work WorkFeature Team Component Team Plan Other Work Other Work
- 16. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Teams and Specialties iOS iOS © 2017 Steve Berczuk Teams and Specialties iOS iOS ?
- 17. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Specialization © 2017 Steve Berczuk These are all Engineering Skills
- 18. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Expertise, Training & Learning © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialists: Options
- 19. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Embedded Specialist ? © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialist Component Team
- 20. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Specialist Component Team Backlogs Capacity © 2017 Steve Berczuk Consulting Model
- 21. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Consulting Model © 2017 Steve Berczuk Balance Commitment Team Cohesion Bandwidth Efficiency Communication Reuse
- 22. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Scrum Pillars and Values Transparency Inspection Adaptation Commitment Courage Openness Focus Respect Scrum © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialist Teams
- 23. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Specialist Teams © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialist Teams
- 24. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Specialist Teams © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialist Teams
- 25. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Specialist & Team Backlogs Rotation or % Allocation © 2017 Steve Berczuk Specialist Teams • Embed with Scrum Teams for multiple sprints • Train, Coach, and Build Infrastructure • Identify Common Needs Across Teams • Share Knowledge Across Teams • Build Shared Tools and Frameworks
- 26. © 2017 SteveBerczuk When? Planning Sprint Sprint Sprint Plan Embed Team 1 Embed Team 2 Embed Team 1 © 2017 Steve Berczuk Example: Test Automation
- 27. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Example: DBA © 2017 Steve Berczuk Benefits: Knowledge Sharing • Embedding for a period of time -> Commitment • Sharing of knowledge and techniques • Creation of communication channels between teams
- 28. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Other Approaches to shared Special Tools • Collective Code Ownership • Teams make changes as needed & Share (versioning) • Internal Open Source (Specialists as gatekeepers) • Component Team • Need to stay close to needs/use © 2017 Steve Berczuk Types of Teams Feature Team Feature Team iOS iOS Component Component Team Specialist Team
- 29. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Things to Do • Visualize your team’s skill set • Jan Beaver Visualizing Cross Functionality • Identify gaps • Consider how you organize teams © 2017 Steve Berczuk Visualization https://coachingagile.blogspot.com/2012/02/visualizing-cross-functionality-with.html
- 30. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Summary • Feature Teams • Build Features (Customer Visible) • Component Teams • Build Shared Components • Specialist Teams • Embed with Feature and Component Scrum Teams • Most members are embedded in other Scrum Teams • Enable Teams to forecast more accurately with less overhead © 2017 Steve Berczuk Questions?
- 31. © 2017 SteveBerczuk Contact • Twitter: @sberczuk • Linked In: steveberczuk • steve@berczuk.com • www.berczuk.com