Tips and tricks for doing effective sprint reviews for any application of an agile or scrum framework.

1. Sprint Review Tips & Tricks Steve Greene , salesforce.com

2. Why do sprint reviews?

3. Inspect & Adapt

4. Visibility Feedback Discussion Course Correction

5. Who’s coming?

6. Executives & Stakeholders Other Teams Customers & Business Partners

7. What are they interested in seeing?

8. Demos !

9. of stuff that’s done and potentially release-able.

10. But first, set the context for your sprint

11. The Sprint Review Deck

12. First things first. The Team.

14. ok, now we know who. what about the what?

16. cool. are you done?

18. looks good.

19. What’s wrong with this team?

21. started it all. finished nothing.

22. What’s “right” with this team?

24. That’s better.

25. What if my team didn’t finish anything this sprint?

26. That’s ok. You still have a slot at the sprint review to give visibility to what the team has worked on this sprint. But, sorry, no demo.

27. Keep the powerpoint stuff to a bare minimum please 5-10 minutes, tops.

28. Demo Time

29. who’s doing the demo?

30. Product Owner QA Engineer ScrumMaster Sys Admin Network Engineer DBA UE Designer Technical Writer Any Team Member Developer BSA

31. how can I make my demo most effective?

34. listen. listen. listen.

35. engage.

37. Have pre-defined links for all demo logins With a complex demo, have one person talk, another navigate Shift-click to open browser windows to get back to a previous spot quickly If you’re used to using a Mac, rehearse on a PC, sprint review laptop will be a PC

38. storytelling is crucial.

39. Think Benioff.

40. Now that the demos are over… show us your prioritized list of stories for the next sprint.

41. Don’t be afraid

42. 7 Stupid Things People do to ruin their Sprint Review

43. #7

44. Try to demo un-done work

45. #6

46. Click, click, click, click, click

47. #5

48. Be unprepared OR over-prepared

49. #4

50. Ignore the ADM process

51. #3

52. Get defensive to feedback

53. #2

54. Fail to tell a story

55. #1

56. Try to impress!

57. Don’t forget…

58. Inspect & Adapt

59. Think about it.