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SPRINT EXECUTION

SPRINT EXECUTION. Bachan Anand Bachan.anand@conscires.com http://agile.conscires.com/. Slides prepared by Indu Menon , Neeta Singh and Vanessa Brown. Agenda. Overview of Agile and Scrum Scrum Overview Sprint Execution Q&A. Please dial in to (218) 895-4640 PIN: 3289145.

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SPRINT EXECUTION

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  1. SPRINT EXECUTION BachanAnand Bachan.anand@conscires.com http://agile.conscires.com/ Slides prepared by InduMenon, Neeta Singh and Vanessa Brown

  2. Agenda • Overview of Agile and Scrum • Scrum Overview • Sprint Execution • Q&A Please dial in to (218) 895-4640 PIN: 3289145 http://agile.conscires.com/

  3. Overview of Agile and Scrum Please dial in to (218) 895-4640 PIN: 3289145 http://agile.conscires.com/

  4. Overview of Agile and ScrumAgile Manifesto • Agile is a set of values: • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software (Products) over comprehensive documentation • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation • Responding to change over following a plan Please dial in to (218) 895-4640 PIN: 3289145 http://agile.conscires.com/

  5. Overview of Agile and ScrumWhat is Scrum • Scrum is an Agile framework that supports lightweight processes that emphasize: • Incremental deliveries • Quality of Product • Continuous improvement • Discovery of people’s potential • Scrum is simple to understand, but requires discipline in order to be successful • Scrum is not a methodology http://agile.conscires.com/

  6. Overview of Agile and ScrumFoundations of Scrum • Empiricism • Detailed up-front planning and defined processes are replaced by just-in-time Inspect and Adapt cycles • Self-Organization • Small teams manage their own workload and organize themselves around clear goals and constraints • Prioritization • Do the next right thing • Rhythm • Allows teams to avoid daily noise and focus on delivery • Collaboration • Leaders and customers work with the Team, rather than directing them http://agile.conscires.com/

  7. Transparency • Everything about a project is visible to everyone • Commitment • Be willing to commit to a goal • Courage • Have the courage to commit, to act, to be open and to expect respect • Focus • Focus all of your efforts and skills on doing the work that you have committed to doing • Respect • Respect and trust the different people who comprise a team http://agile.conscires.com/

  8. Scrum Overview

  9. Scrum OverviewSprint Cycle

  10. Scrum OverviewRole: Product Owner • Thought Leader and Visionary • Drives the Product Vision (for example, with Story Mapping) • Prioritizes the Goals - User Stories • Maintains the Product Backlog with the team • Accepts the Working Product (on behalf of the customer) http://agile.conscires.com/

  11. Scrum OverviewRole: ScrumMaster • Servant Leader • Facilitates the Process • Supports the Team • Removes Organizational Impediments • Socializes Scrum to Management • Enable close collaboration across all roles and functions http://agile.conscires.com/

  12. Scrum OverviewRole: Team • Cross-Functional • 4-8 Members • Self-Organizing • Focused on Commitments http://agile.conscires.com/

  13. Sprint Execution

  14. Sprints • Basic unit of development in the Scrum development methodology • Scrum projects make progress in a series of “sprints” • last between one week and one month http://agile.conscires.com/

  15. Sprints Continued • Are a "time-boxed" (i.e. restricted to a specific duration) effort of a constant length. • A constant duration leads to a better rhythm • Product is designed, coded, and tested during the sprint http://agile.conscires.com/

  16. Timeboxing …why? • helps the team and organization in focusing on clear goals. • to cause movement and to set an expectation that we will limit the time and energy spent in any one direction • guide line in how we break work down into tasks or execution. • to avoid gold platting or excessive polishing of an item or thing. http://agile.conscires.com/

  17. Plan your sprint • Sprint Planning Workshop • Decide Your Sprint Duration • Keep Sprint Duration Consistent • Select Target Backlog for Sprint • Clarify Sprint Requirements http://agile.conscires.com/

  18. Sprint Planning • Team selects items from the product backlog they can commit to completing • Sprint backlog is created • Tasks are identified and each is estimated (1-16 hours) • Collaboratively, not done alone by the ScrumMaster • High-level design is considered http://agile.conscires.com/

  19. Sprint prioritization Sprint planning Sprint goal Sprint backlog • Analyze and evaluate product backlog • Select sprint goal • Decide how to achieve sprint goal (design) • Create sprint backlog (tasks) from product backlog items (user stories / features) • Estimate sprint backlog in hours Sprint planning meeting Team capacity Product backlog Business conditions Current product Technology http://agile.conscires.com/

  20. The Sprint Goal • A short statement on what the work will be focused on during the sprint http://agile.conscires.com/

  21. A sprint backlog • Commit to the Sprint Backlog • Pull out next priority item from Product Backlog • Once work in a Sprint Backlog is completed , pull work from Product Backlog http://agile.conscires.com/

  22. Managing the Sprint Backlog • Individuals sign up for work of their own choosing • Work is never assigned • Estimated work remaining is updated daily • Any team member can add, delete or change the sprint backlog • Work for the sprint emerges • If work is unclear, define a sprint backlog item with a larger amount of time and break it down later • Update work remaining as more becomes known http://agile.conscires.com/

  23. No changes during a sprint • Plan sprint durations around how long you can commit to keeping change out of the sprint Change http://agile.conscires.com/

  24. Daily Stand-up meeting • Also referred to as the morning rollcall or the daily scrum. • Meeting is usually held at the same time and place every working day • Crucial features is that the meeting is intended to be a status update to other team members and not a status update to the management or other stakeholders • Each member talks about their progress since the last stand-up, the anticipated work until the next stand-up and any impediments they foresee. http://agile.conscires.com/

  25. Daily Stand-up (Cont.) • Parameters • Daily • 15-minutes • Stand-up • Not for problem solving • Whole world is invited • Only team members, ScrumMaster, product owner, can talk • Helps avoid other unnecessary meetings http://agile.conscires.com/

  26. Everyone answers 3 questions http://agile.conscires.com/

  27. What is This Meeting For? • Tasks • Synchronize the various team members • Identify required help and common areas of work • Impediments • Raise new impediments • Pair impediments with people • Ensure past impediments are being taken care of • To identify technical issues http://agile.conscires.com/

  28. Come Prepared http://agile.conscires.com/

  29. The Parking Lot • Capture items for discussion • The 15 minute timebox is not the place for long discussion • Review the parking lot after the daily http://agile.conscires.com/

  30. The Impediments List • “Anything that prevents a team member from performing work as efficiently as possible” - from Victor Szalvay’s article “Glossary of Scrum Terms” • Rule of thumb: at least one impediment a day • How do we generate impediments? • Understand what an impediment is and make sure the team understands as well • Ask "why are there no impediments today?" • Hanging notes from the ceiling to entice the team • If all else fails…beg  http://agile.conscires.com/

  31. Dealing with Impediments http://agile.conscires.com/

  32. Bad Smells of Daily Scrum • Storytelling • Reporting to the SM • Accounting for time rather then goals • Invisible (electronic) task board • Not raising impediments • Not handling impediments • Not helping each other • Low Energy • Who goes first? • Cell phones on. Laptops open. People “checked out.” http://agile.conscires.com/

  33. Loss of Rhythm - Symptoms • Daily Scrums are skipped or meeting times vary • Sprint durations are inconsistent or change arbitrarily mid-sprint • Sprint planning is inconsistent or drifts • Sprint planning meetings are skipped http://agile.conscires.com/

  34. Promote Rhythm • Sustainable pace • Leads to focus • Be consistent Reference: http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/34 http://agile.conscires.com/

  35. Collaboration • Visit other teams • Ask other people to join your daily standup • Use the retrospective to brainstorm • Identify best practices for working with remote team mates(multiple time zones, cultural differences and tools) http://agile.conscires.com/

  36. Monitor Sprints • Burndown and Burn Rate Report • Taskboard • Mid-Sprint checkpoint. Reference: http://developagile.com/post/760163969/monitoring-a-sprint-in-the-agile-scrum-world http://agile.conscires.com/

  37. A sprint burndown chart http://agile.conscires.com/

  38. Task Board • Most important information radiator that an agile team has. • Illustrates the progress that an agile team is making in achieving their sprint goals. • Located in an area that is central to the team

  39. Task Board http://agile.conscires.com/

  40. The Sprint Review • Team presents what it accomplished during the sprint • Typically takes the form of a demo of new features or underlying architecture • Sprint Retrospective • Informal • 2-hour prep time rule • No slides • Whole team participates • Invite the world http://agile.conscires.com/

  41. How do you learn Scrum – By Doing? • Apply few practices at a time • Understand the values and foundations • Inspect and Adapt • Experience the Joy of Doing Scrum http://agile.conscires.com/

  42. How do you learn Scrum ? Experiential Training http://agile.conscires.com/

  43. Pay-it-forward / Donation only trainings 1 day Agile & Scrum Training • Denver/Boulder, CO - July 30th • Irvine , CA - August 12th • San Francisco, CA -Aug 26th • Atlanta, GA - Aug 26th • Boston, MA - Sep 30th • San Diego , CA – Sep 30th • Las Vegas, NV – Oct 7th • Seattle, WA - Oct 21st http://agile.conscires.com/

  44. User groups /Communities • ALN – Agile Leadership Network • Scrum Alliance – Scrum User Groups • Online User Groups Scrum Alliance http://agile.conscires.com/

  45. User groups /Communities • APLN – Agile Project Leadership Network • Scrum Alliance – Scrum User Groups • Online User Groups Scrum Alliance http://agile.conscires.com/

  46. User groups /Communities • APLN – Agile Project Leadership Network • Scrum Alliance – Scrum User Groups • Online User Groups Scrum Alliance http://agile.conscires.com/

  47. Scrum Certifications http://agile.conscires.com/

  48. Q & A http://agile.conscires.com/

  49. Donation only 1 day Trainings • Denver – July 30th • http://agile.conscires.com/scrum-1-day-training-denver-03/ • Irvine - August 12th • http://agile.conscires.com/1-day-agile-scrum-training-irvine-05/ • Seattle – October 21st • http://agile.conscires.com/agile-scrum-training-seattle-03/ • San Francisco – Aug 26th • Atlanta – Aug 26th • San Diego Sep 30th • Boston – Sep 30th • http://agile.conscires.com/1-day-agile-scrum-training-boston-04/ http://agile.conscires.com/

  50. Thank you ! • More Resources at • http://agile.conscires.com/suggested-reading-list-and-resources/ Contact Info Bachan Anand Bachan.anand@conscires.com 949-232-8900 http://www.linkedin.com/in/bachan http://agile.conscires.com/

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