1. Managing Distributed Scrum Projects March 10, 2010 Vaughn Aust VP – Product Management

2. Presentation Focus 2 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

3. Agenda Challenges with Distributed Scrum Scrum Basics Distributed Scrum Best Practices DISTRIBUTED SCRUM

4. 4 Challenges with Distributed Scrum © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

5. Challenges with Distributed Scrum Communication Scrum focuses on person-to-person communication, which is best when there is trust and shared social experiences Noisy communication channels Different time zones, availability Language Knowledge transfer Culture Conflicting behaviorsand processes 5 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

6. Scrum Basics 6 © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

7. Scrum Roles 7 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

8. Scrum Roles 8 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

9. Agile Factors 9 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

10. Agile is a frame of mind, not a one size fits all project process Agile framework Focus is on shipping working code, faster Continuous improvement and delivery are everyone's responsibility Self organized and self directed teams Use the framework and best practices that work best for your team Velocity will increase over time, as the team gels around strengths/weaknesses and process is improved Structure for managing change – the one certainty in software development Users do not know what they want until they see or use software It is not possible to completely specify an interactive system Just enough mentality Refactoring is a way of life 10 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

11. Agile is a frame of mind, not a one size fits all project process 11 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

12. Agile is a frame of mind, not a one size fits all project process 12 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

13. Reaching Backlog Agreement – how much documentation? DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved. Detailed User Stories Descriptive User Stories Simple User Stories 13

14. 14 DISTRIBUTED Scrum Best Practices © 2009 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

15. Scrum Best Practices The backlog is the single source of truth Standard Meetings Sprint planning Sprint design Pre-planning Meeting Ongoing Engineer demos (at least 2 times a week) Sprint review by QA Sprint retrospectives Ongoing communication In-person is best, Instant messenger, Email, live meetings Continuous integration, continuous testing and one-click deployment Functionality is not done until QA says so Automated quality checks Automated sprint burn-down reports No distinction between developers at different sites (designers and coders) 15 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved.

16. Best Practices Hierarchy 16 DISTRIBUTED SCRUM © 2010 hawkeye, all rights reserved. Mature Teams

17. Discussion 17 © 2009 hawkeye, all rights reserved.