Scrum Failure Modes in Small Business
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The document identifies some common Scrum failure patterns in small companies, including having no product owner or a product owner with poor domain knowledge, organizational issues like unclear roles and lack of resources, and issues with the development team such as not doing standups and weak engagement from testers. It recommends recognizing when failure patterns occur and acting quickly, having the Scrum master ask the team for feedback, doing retrospectives to inspect and adapt, and standing up to management when needed to improve processes over time.
Scrum Failure Modes in Small Business
- 1. Identifying Scrum Failure Patterns Studying FAIL to help us do better next time Steve Dalton http://refactor.com.au
- 2. Who is Steve Dalton? Software Engineer Doing Agile/XP since 2000 CSM in June 2008 Passionate about networking and love being a "connector" Co-founder of Refactor - Agile Software Consultancy based on Gold Coast http://twitter.com/spidie http://linkedin.com/in/dalton
- 3. "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde
- 4. Format of presentation Some common Scrum failure patterns in small companies Product Owner Organisational Team Some general tips Questions/Discussion
- 5. 1. No/Bad Product Owner Poor domain knowledge Reluctance to give written requirements Politics Them/Us mentality Lack of process or process for no apparent reason (eg. TPS reports)
- 6. 2. Organisational Issues Role clarity - too many hats Dedicated resources Funding Line management Poor working environment
- 7. 3. The Team Not doing Standups "Carrying" weak members Toxic team members Over-protective team members Testers not fully engaged Reluctance to use new methods (eg. TDD, XP)
- 8. What to do Recognise when you are in a failure mode and act FAST Scrummasters - ASK THE TEAM! Don't be scared of wearing the Black Hat . ALWAYS, ALWAYS do retrospectives. Make them interesting, mix them up a bit. Remember: Inspect & Adapt STAND UP to management. It may get you fired... but it feels damn good and you will be a better person in the long run! It's frustrating, but if all else fails....
- 9. Go in for a little anger management or do a presentation at a meetup on it..
- 10. Saturday 29th November Rooms 1.18/1.19, Building G30 Griffith Uni, Southport Campus Learn stuff, meet people, have fun! http://barcamp.org/BarCampGoldCoast
Editor's Notes
- #2: Identify Scrum Failure patterns that is the presentation You need to have much stronger presence starts with why you are standing up Okay I am going to talk to you about the 3 / 4 main failure patterns in Scrum that I have experienced See where I am going with this right that means you need 10 slides opening statement Product owner
- #5: Show of hands - who has NOT ever been part of a project that was a failure.
- #6: Apologies for "Office Space" pictures to those who haven't seen the film.
- #9: Show of hands - who has done retrospectives. Show of hands on 6 thinking hats maybe. Show Agile Retrospectives Book.