in the

Wild

SCRUM

Photo taken by Maree Reveley (aka Somerslea)

Mike van Riel● Technical Lead at Unet B.V.● Using PHP for 8 years● Working with SCRUM for 3 years@mvriel

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http://www.joind.in/talk/view/1756

Introduction

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Who are you?

Photo taken by Xavier de Cock

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What is SCRUM?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/

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Framework, not methodology

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinayshivakumar/3194015535/

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Believe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstar/207421635/

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Traditional METHODS vs. SCRUM

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Waterfall

● Originates from hardware industry● Set in stone, not flexible● No feedback● False feeling of knowing● Works with large teams

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One release to rule them all

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http://blog.3months.com/2010/01/10/illustrating-scrum-a-new-and-improved-scrum-diagram/

● Originates from product development● Timeboxed iterations● Maximum feedback● Provides great insight● Seldom works with large teams

SCRUM

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Release early, release often

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History

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevan/

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Hirotaka Takeuchi&

Ikojiru Nonaka

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevan/

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Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland,

John Scumniotales&

Jeff McKenna

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevan/

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● Previous method did not fulfill our wishes● Requirements change fast and hard● We wanted more introspection and control● Small team, 6 developers and 1 project manager● Manageable intermittant releases● To not reinvent the wheel

Why did we choose to go for scrum

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sravi_in/3171545912/

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How did we implement it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/2512983749/

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One step at a time

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ROLES

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Planning poker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/june29/3754566093/

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Sprint backlog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/roolrool/4468175996/

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Burndown chart

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jnicho02/2805260361/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/porras/3084218023/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/elecnix/4120841676/

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What more is there?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/albany_tim/3536902765/

Obstacles

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/1004464889/

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Questions?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

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Conclusion

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/2214327028/

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Mike van Rielmike.vanriel@naenius.com

@mvriel

http://blog.naenius.com

Links● http://www.scrumalliance.org/● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyNPeTn8fpo, Presentation by Ken Schwaber at Google● http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/scrum-xp-from-the-trenches, Free book● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development), The Wikipedia article about SCRUM● http://www.meetup.com/nlscrum/, Dutch SCRUM user group● http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/, Mountain goat software

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http://www.joind.in/talk/view/1756

Tools● http://www.danube.com/scrumworks, ScrumWorks● http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/, Jira● http://www.pivotaltracker.com/, Pivotal Tracker● http://docs.google.com/, Google docs