Introduction

Introduction

1. What is scrum and agile?

   • Agile
     • Flexible to deal with many changes.
     • Scrum is a method of agile.
     • Manifesto
       • Individuals & interactions over processes & tools
       • Working software over comprehensive documentation
       • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
       • Responding to change over following a plan

2. Scrum

   • Scope not defined
   • Requirements change frequently
   • Activities can't be defined, estimating difficult.
   • Process is iterative
   • Success measured on customer satisfaction
   • Incremental results have value
   • Scrum: Lots of unknowns, project more complex

3. Traditional methods

   • Scope defined
   • Requirements defined upfront
   • Activities can be defined, estimating possible and reliable.
   • Process more long term
   • Success measured on project goals for time, cost, scope
   • Product can't be used till project complete
   • Traditional: Fewer unknowns, project less complex

4. Fact & fiction

   • Fiction
     • Dev free to do what they want
     • Scrum no paperwork & dev starts right away
     • Requirements must be defined before dev can start
     • Scrums are easy to implement even without training
     • Scrum is just a simple set of rules
     • Scrum master is like project manager
   • Fact
     • Devs work in productive & defined framework. Scrum master ensure they follow scrum
     • Planning is involved, dev can only start when product backlog defined
     • Work starts when initial stories of backlog are ready
     • Scrum big change people need a good understanding of scrum.
     • Scrum is a set of rules, framework, plus a compatible work culture and ethic
     • scrum master ensure framework is followed