Agile Method - Scrum

Present by Gloria LawApril 7, 2008

Agenda• Introduction• Waterfall Life Cycle• Agile Method• Scrum• Sprints• Potentially Shippable

Product Increment• Product Owner• Product Backlog

• ScrumMaster• Daily Scrum Meeting• Scrum of Scrums• Sprint Planning• Release Planning• Sprint Review• Risk Management• System Representation• Advantage & Disadvantage

Introduction

• Need software management methods to decrease the cost

• 28% completed on time and budget• 23% failed• 49% challenged• 72% not meeting original goals

Waterfall Life Cycle

X

Agile Method• Continuous attention to technical excellence and

good design • Self-organizing teams • Customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous

delivery of useful software • Working software is the principal measure of

progress • Delivered frequently

Agile Method (cont)•Late changes in requirements •Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers •Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication •Time is a fixed variable

Agile Manifesto “We are uncovering better ways of

developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.”

Scrum• Rugby• Eight individual• Move the ball down

the field• One Goal

Sprints• Scrum project make progress in a series of

Sprints• Timeboxed Period (2 – 4 weeks)• During Sprint, team does:

– Analysis– Design– Code– Test

• Product is potentially releasable after every Sprint

Potentially Shippable Product Increment

• At the end of each Sprint, the Team must produce a potentially shippable product increment (commit by the Team)– High Quality– Tested– Complete– Done

Product Owner

• Represents (or is) the user or customer for the project

• Knowing what to build and in what sequence

• Defines goals for overall project

Product Backlog

• The requirements• A dynamic list of all desired work on the

project• Prioritized by the Product Owner• Reprioritized at the start of each Sprint

ScrumMaster• Responsible for enforcing the values and

practices of the framework and the Team• Remove impediments• Educate outside groups about how the

Teams is working• Improve productivity in any way possible• Facilitate Team meetings• Servant Leader

Daily Scrum Meeting• Tasks that is completed• Obstacles to complete specific

task• Plan to accomplish between now

and the next Scrum meeting

Scrum of Scrum

• Synchronize inter-team work– Issue list is up-to-date– Discuss impediments

Sprint Planning

• Happens on the 1st day of the Sprint• Scrum Team takes the Sprint Goal and

decides what Product Backlog are necessary

• Team self-organizes around how they’ll meet the Sprint Goal

• Sprint Backlog is created

Release Planning

• Several Days before Sprint Planning• What will be built• Identify top level priorities• Select more than what the Team can

likely do in one Sprint

Sprint Review

• Updates to Product Owner• Plans for next Sprint

– Change in Requirements

• Demonstration

Risk Management• Risk is low• Continue testing• Problem is notified

during Daily Scrum Meeting

Release Planning Sprint PlanningIdeas

ProgrammingDaily Scrum

Sprint ReviewRelease ReviewWorking Code

Error Error

Product Backlog

Release Backlog

SprintBacklog

System Representation

Advantage & Disadvantage

+ Continuous testing and communication can find issues rapidly

- Might not find bugs until later stage

Risk Management

- Knowledge is stored mentally- Code is the documentation

+ Highly emphasize+ Requires in every stage

Documentation

+ Good internal communication+ Higher quality

- Lack of communication with the customer and team members

Communication

+ Micro Planning+ Avoid Requirement cramming- Might be headed toward wrong

direction

+ Able to see the overall projectPlanning

+ No delays on important features+ Less important features might

scaled back or dropped

+ Support for long-term plansPrioritization

Agile MethodTraditional Management

Work Breakdown Schedule

• Requirement Analysis – Proposal (February)

• Research – Review Case Study (March) – Paper Analysis (March-April)

• Writing the Paper

• Proof Read

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