Scrum is about to turn 21. Scrum became a key tool for teams and organizations to deal with the increased criticality of software. Depending on the source, 60-90% of all Agile teams worldwide say they employ Scrum.
Are we Done yet with Scrum? No more challenges? Time to move on?
In this 18 minutes keynote Gunther says we are not Done with Scrum yet. Gunther shows that the key to the future of Scrum is creating Done Increments of product, where “Done” actually means “releasable in production.” It might take another two decades to actually get there.
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The Future Present of Scrum
Are we Done yet?
Gunther Verheyen
Scrum.org
Scrum Days Poland
Warsaw
12-13 May 2016
Abstract
Scrum has been around for more than two decades. Since the release of the Agile Manifesto in 2001, the adoption of agile and Scrum have grown incredibly. Now, the survival and prosperity of many people and organizations are heavily intertwined with software. Scrum has been a key tool for teams and organizations to deal with the increased criticality of software.
But the dependence of businesses and society on software has increased even more. Software is eating the world. Complexity and unpredictability continue to increase. The urgency to improve remains.
The key for future success is still Scrum – and we are not yet Done with Scrum. The key to employing Scrum professionally is creating Done Increments of product, where “Done” actually means “releasable in production.” This requires professional development, proper practices and standards, cross-functional collaboration, and inner-Sprint feedback loops. It might take another two decades to actually get there.
In his session, Gunther Verheyen explores the system called ‘Scrum’, how it has helped, and how it can continue to help.
Gunther is a longtime Scrum professional. Working with Scrum.org, home of the agile software development framework, he shepherds the group’s Professional series. He leads Scrum.org European operations and represents Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber on the continent.
An additional resource is the Scrum Guide, http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html and Gunther’s book, “Scrum - A Pocket Guide”, which builds upon and extends the Scrum Guide, http://guntherverheyen.com/2015/10/06/my-pocket-guide-to-scrum/.
Scrum in itself is meaningless, unless employed.
Forrester Data
Combined scrum alliance and Scrum.org numbers,
Amazon search on Scrum (not including rugby books)
Let’s postpone the celebration a while.
A world of self-organisation.
Let’s postpone the celebration a while.
What the Scrum Guide says:
“If the definition of "done" for an increment is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. If "done" for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of “done” appropriate for the product.”
http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#artifact-transparency-done
A Professional organization defines quality: http://guntherverheyen.com/2015/08/04/a-professional-organization-defines-quality/
Many definitions of Done focus only on development activities, where such activities in themselves hold no guarantee on high quality.
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Notice two things..
Done is a great proxy for the state of our craft, for many organizations this is a hope not a reality.
And that the state is not as great as we would think it should be…
Let’s postpone the celebration a while.
About Gunther Verheyen
Gunther Verheyen (gunther.verheyen@mac.com) is a seasoned Scrum practitioner. He shepherds Professional Scrum through Scrum.org and represents Scrum.org and Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber in Europe.
Gunther ventured into IT and software development after graduating in 1992. His Agile journey started with eXtreme Programming and Scrum in 2003. Years of dedication followed, years in which he was involved in Scrum in diverse circumstances. As from 2010 Gunther became the inspiring force behind some large-scale enterprise transformations.
Gunther left consulting in 2013 to partner with Ken Schwaber, Scrum co-creator, at Scrum.org. He is Professional Scrum Trainer, shepherds the ‘Professional Scrum’ series, works with Scrum.org’s global network of Professional Scrum Trainers. He is co-creator to Agility Path and the Nexus framework for Scaled Professional Scrum.
In 2013 Gunther published the acclaimed book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide (a smart travel companion)”, translated to Dutch in 2016 as “Scrum Wegwijzer (een kompas voor de bewuste reiziger)”. Ken Schwaber recommends his book as ‘the best description of Scrum currently available’ and ‘an extraordinarily competent book’.
When not travelling for Scrum and professionalism, Gunther lives and works in Antwerp (Belgium).
Find Gunther on Twitter as http://twitter.com/ullizee or read more of his musings on Scrum on his personal blog, http://guntherverheyen.com.
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