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REGIONAL SCRUM GATHERING
INDIA 2017
BANGALORE | SEPTEMBER 6-7
Stop Squeezing Scrum!
Dyaneshwaran P

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HELLO!
I am Dyanesh.
I am here because I am an Agile enthusiast.
Connect with me
Email: dyaneshwaran.p@gmail.com
Twitter: @dyaneshwaran_p

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AGILE OUTSOURCING

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Let’s outsource!
› Agile contracts
› Mandated Agile practices
› Billing (majorly T&M)
› SLAs
› Rewards & Penalties
› Multi Vendors

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Agile Contracts
› Value based delivery?
› Unrealistic commitments & SLAs!

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Mandated Agile Practices
› Do vendors get to understand the big picture?
› Engineering Practices included?
› Do Scrum!

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Billing (majorly T&M)
› Any risk for the vendors?
› Get paid as long as the project goes!

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SLAs and Rewards
› Do SLAs provide actual status?
› Cooked up!

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SLAs and Penalties
› Encourages collaboration with outsourcer?
› Fear of failure!

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Multi Vendors
› Do vendors collaborate with other vendors? NO
› Do vendors discuss problems honestly? NO
› Reduced Lead time? NO

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THE OUTCOME!

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Agile Coaching
› Enforce Agile practices
› Help meet the SLAs
› Get updates from SMs
› Provide reports to management

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Scrum Master
› Push the team
› Attend SoS
› Status Reporter!

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Variable Pace
› Under-estimated OR Over-committed?
› Don’t worry!
* Work overtime
* Week ends are available to catch up
› Of course, we can’t look bad in front of the outsourcer!

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Mad Metrics
› Continuous increase in velocity
› Individual Productivity
› Individual Utilization

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Poor Engineering Practices
› Technical Debt
› Deliverables and SLAs Mindset
Source: Crisp’s blog

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Blame Scrum
› Too many meetings in Scrum
› Daily scrum is a waste
› Retro has no value
› Team can’t self organize

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Broken Relationship

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THE TRUTH!

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Agile Coaching
› Ask right questions
› Challenge the status quo
› Bring positive change
› Help teams achieve their goals

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Scrum Master
› Facilitate
› Enable
› Protect
› Servant Leader

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Velocity won’t increase for ever!

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Team Productivity
› Focus on team productivity, rather than individual
productivity
› Eliminate waste!
Source: jacobbclarke.blogspot.com

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100% utilization myth
Source: Harvard Business Review

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Side effects of over utilization
› Silo thinking
› No time to help others in the team
› Blame game
› Stress
› Dis-engaged

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Sustainable Pace

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Value Engineering Practices
Continuous attention to technical excellence
and good design enhances agility
- Agile Manifesto

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Scrum won’t solve problems!

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“A lack of transparency results in
distrust and a deep sense of
insecurity.”
- Dalai Lama