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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Scrum in a Nutshell
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Scrum is about teams producing results in an agile way. Scrum teams achieve results anyway they can by using a simple set of rules to guide effort. We will describe scrum as a simple applied model so that a central understanding of scrum can be built. Other complexities of applied scrum such as scaling, distribution, metrics, etc. will be explored briefly for contextual reference.
Participants will learn strategies for enabling scrum teams, based on re-world applied experience. These strategies will help offer practical advice on how teams overcome old habits of waterfall (structural calcification or inhibitors to movement) and avoid common traps such as tools that focus the team's energy the wrong way. Traditional management of large complex efforts have suffered from dilution in a sea of process, requirements churn and the pursuit of the Holy Grail tool instead of manifesting a tangible, quality product.
Why Scrum?
Scrum has an amazing track record of success. Scrum teams regularly reach performing levels of maturity which makes them great assets to deploy. Performing teams achieve hyper-productive (4-10x) levels of output when work is approached with an agile paradigm. Scrum teams are renowned for high-quality, self-organization, waste elimination, early releasing early, on a consistant basis. Scrum is becoming a method of choice for dealing with complex product developments. Scrum is a simple framework that can be understood and implemented within a few short days. The Scrum pathway results in a well formed team that can be deployed for tremendous business success.
Learning Objectives
♦ Enabling the power of self-organization
♦ Scrum mechanics, roles and the framework
♦ Applied strategies for implementation
♦ Setting up and improving your team's protocols
♦ Improving collaborative behavior
♦ Leveraging multiple feedback loops both within and outside the team
Doug Shimp, CST
Douglas E. Shimp is a Senior Consultant and Partner with 3Back, LLC and a CST (Certified ScrumMaster Trainer) requirements/Use Case expert and Agile Process coach. He has taken an applied approach to his consulting practice and is regularly involved in helping others as a Senior Consultant by applying agile techniques in the context of client challenges.
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