Presentation why a company should start thinking about implementing Agile / Scrum.

1. Why SCRUM?
@JanPalencar
JAN.PALENCAR@GMAIL.COM

4. You cannot
lower budget &
deliver earlier
with the
same scope
without
LOWERING THE
QUALITY OF
WORK.

5. Consequences

6. Consequences

7. Consequences
• Shitcode

8. Consequences
• Shitcode
• Technical debt

9. Consequences
• Shitcode
• Technical debt
• People not doing their
best

10. Consequences
• Shitcode
• Technical debt
• People not doing their
best
• Demotivated,
frustrated

11. Consequences
• Shitcode
• Technical debt
• People not doing their
best
• Demotivated,
frustrated
• Creative geeks leave

12. Does not work.

13. Does not work.
WHY?

15. Would you be creative in rigid
environment?

16. Traditional Project
Management
Project Manager is a person who thinks
nine women can deliver a baby
in One Month

17. Traditional Project
Management
• HAS NO IMPLICIT ROOM
FOR

18. Traditional Project
Management
• HAS NO IMPLICIT ROOM
FOR
• Innovation

19. Traditional Project
Management
• HAS NO IMPLICIT ROOM
FOR
• Innovation
• Learning new technologies

20. Traditional Project
Management
• HAS NO IMPLICIT ROOM
FOR
• Innovation
• Learning new technologies
• Group dynamics

21. Traditional Project
Management
• HAS NO IMPLICIT ROOM
FOR
• Innovation
• Learning new technologies
• Group dynamics
• Getting better at solving
problems together &
solving specific groups of
problems

22. You cannot FORCE
people to be creative.

23. You cannot
people to be creative
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?

25. Create environment where
CREATIVITY can happen!!!

26. An individual must feel

27. An individual must feel
• appreciated

28. An individual must feel
• appreciated
• positive

29. An individual must feel
• appreciated
• positive
• safe

30. An individual must feel
• appreciated
• positive
• safe
• free from stress and threats to their identity

31. An individual must feel
• appreciated
• positive
• safe
• free from stress and threats to their identity
• knowing that their new ideas will be
appreciated not ridiculed

32. An individual must feel
• appreciated
• positive
• safe
• free from stress and threats to their identity
• knowing that their new ideas will be
appreciated not ridiculed
• to be a member of community

33. What influences levels of
individual creativity?

34. What influences levels of
individual creativity?
• skill variety and challenge

35. What influences levels of
individual creativity?
• skill variety and challenge
• meaning and impact of the task

36. What influences levels of
individual creativity?
• skill variety and challenge
• meaning and impact of the task
• freedom, autonomy in how to perform the job

37. What influences levels of
individual creativity?
• skill variety and challenge
• meaning and impact of the task
• freedom, autonomy in how to perform the job
• feedback

38. SCRUM

39. SCRUM
• Is a marketing buzzword.

40. SCRUM
• Is a marketing buzzword.

41. SCRUM
• Is a marketing buzzword.
• Is a COMPLETE FRAMEWORK for delivering
added value to the customer steadily.

46. Scrum, an empirical framework, is appropriate for work
with uncertain requirements and/or uncertain
technology issues.

47. Why SCRUM?

48. Why NOT?

49. Q&A

50. Resources
• Scrum Overview
http://www.slideshare.net/mhoogveld/scrum-overview-by-mark-
hoogveld-17157844
• Scrum Suitability
http://scrumreferencecard.com/scrum-reference-card/
• Margot Zielinska, Leadership: Enabling creativity and
innovation
http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/leadership/leadership-
enabling-creativity-and-innovation/169211