This is an overview of the Scrum process describing events, roles, and flow.

1. Agile Scrum
Jason Dean, CSM
AgileScrumPro.org

3. Agile Scrum
• What is Agile?
– Agile Manifesto – Ethos of Agile
– Agile Scrum Context
– Scrum in a Nutshell
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Details
– Epics, Stories, and COS
– Meetings
– Shippable
• Measurement

4. Agile Manifesto
Individuals and over Processes
Interactions and Tools
Working over Comprehensive
Software Documentation
Customer over Contract
Collaboration Negotiation
Responding over Following
to Change a Plan

5. Agile – Development Framework
• Dev Approaches • Practices
– Extreme – Iterative Development
Programming (XP) – Test Driven
– Scrum Development
– Dynamic Systems – Refactoring
Development – Pair Programming
Method (DSDM) – Continuous Integration
– Lean – User Stories
– Automated Testing

6. Scrum in a Nutshell
Discovery
Sessions
Defects
Strategy
Sprint done
Backlog Sprint Planning
Product Backlog Potentially
1. User Story Review (Demo) Shippable
goal
2. User Story Software
3. User Story Retrospective
4. User Story
5. User Story
feedback

7. Roles and Responsibilities
• Defines features and release dates
Product • Responsible for ROI
• Prioritizes features by business value
Owner • Accepts or rejects work
 Ensures team is functioning and productive
 Removes barriers (impediments)
Scrum  Shields team from external interference
Master  Ensures the process is followed
 Facilitates planning, not a traditional PM
 Cross functional, 7 +/- 2 members
Team  Self directed
 Organizes itself and tasks
Member  Commits to Sprint and Demos to Product
Owner

8. Chickens and Pigs

9. Epics, Stories, and COS
• Release – group of functionality going Product Backlog
out to the customer 1. User Story
2. User Story
• Epic – large block of functionality 3. User Story
• User Story – bite sized piece of 4. User Story
5. User Story
functionality
– As a <user type> I want <some functionality> so that
<reason>.
– As a user I want to be able to print my list of items so I can
use it as a shopping list at the store.
• Conditions of Satisfaction (Acceptance Criteria) –
Details that determine the definition of “Done”
• Theme – Epics or stories that are grouped together

10. Startup and Daily Meetings
Sprint
• Sprint Planning Product Backlog
Backlog
– Review User Stories 1. User Story
2. User Story
– Tasking and some task 3. User Story
4. User Story
assignments 5. User Story
– Deployment considerations
• Daily Scrum – stand up, only pigs talk, not status
– What did you do yesterday?
– What are you going to do today?
– What is impeding your progress?

11. Wrapup Meetings
• Sprint Review
– Demonstrate functionality to
Customers/Stakeholders
• Retrospective (Post Mortem)
– What did we do well?
– What should we do again?
– What opportunities do
we have to improve?

12. Sprinting
• No changes during a sprint
– No one can add or remove work
but the team
– If necessary Team can work with
Product Owner to trade insertion
with something else
– Recommitment and Tasking
• Abnormal Termination
– If can’t meet the Sprint Goal
– If business needs change

13. Potentially Shippable
• Each sprint ends with a Potentially Shippable
product increment
– May not push out to the user, but can
– Done, Done, Done (testing, integration,
deployment, etc)
• May not be cohesive
– i.e. Print preview but no print
– May take more than one Sprint
to release

14. Measurement
Sprint Burndown
25
20
15
10 Actual
5
0
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10

15. What did we talk about?
• Agile Scrum ethos, context, and overview
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Details (Stories, Meetings)
• Measurement
AgileScrumPro.org
jason@jasonleedean.com

16. References
• Ken Schwaber - ControlChaos.com
• Mike Cohn - MountainGoatSoftware.com
• Martin Fowler – MartinFowler.com
• ScrumAlliance.com
• ImplementingScrum.com
• AgileManifesto.org
• Rugby Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQyCcageGg