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Mission Impossible (great vision, no backlog - and a steady delivery?)

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Wer bin ich

Sven Winkler

seit gestern 34 Jahre

ISO Software Systeme

Agile Monday Nürnberg (XING)

Lean Coffee Nürnberg (XING)

Challenges

New functional scope

New technology

New team (new to Scrum)

New Product Owner

Distributes teams

Component teams

Consulting agency

Enterprise project

No backlog

Set up and constraints

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1 Frontend team

1 ESB team (we)

1 Test team

Given backend systems (barely tested before)

7 Sprints

Yes, we do

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But with component teams

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…and with a test team

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nevertheless

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First question

1. Did we deliver?

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Yes, we did.

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First things first

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Contracts

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Agile contracting

Also take a look at the book “Agile Contracts” by Boris Gloger

Scope creation

Also take a look at the book “Agile Contracts” by Boris Gloger

Our proposal

Also take a look at the book “Agile Contracts” by Boris Gloger

Checkpoints

Also take a look at the book “Agile Contracts” by Boris Gloger

2 Contracts

From my experience

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The most important to me

Always start with a backlog

Write down your vision

A real team

Backlog

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So we needed some traffic

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Iterative

Source Jeff Patton

4 workflow parts

Splitting strategies

By workflow (reduce risk)

By data (concentrate on value)

By priority (reduce waste)

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Vision

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But not written down

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A real team

A shared goal

Small in size

Defined boundary

Constant over time

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Experts in technology

Cross-functional

Full-time

Our team

- Able to solve the problem

- Create, develop, test work

- Focus to build and learn

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How to tackle it down?

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What worked for us1. Get a great Product Owner

2. Solve impediments

3. Create backlog

4. Control your scope

5. Be open

6. Define done

1. Get a great Product Owner

…and start the process.

2. Solve impediments

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3. Create backlog

GOAL: create initial backlog and estimate it

Generate roadmap

Backlog creation workshop

2x Estimation, 2x Refinement

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4. Control your scope

DO

Refinement sessions

Triage sessions

Release burndown bar

5. Be open

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Deliver every sprint

Report your

impediments & quality

budget & scope left

Update roadmap/release plan

6. Define done

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Know when you are done to avoid legacy, and talk with shareholders about it.

Sprint 0 (tough work)

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Tell the vision Coach the people Set limits to outside Create an initial backlog

Sprint 1 (change happens)

Starting with backlog refinement and estimation Starting scope control and scope change Starting the improvement process Deal with organisational change

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Sprint 2 (shaking the foundation)

3 of 4 selected stories ran into problems

Critical bug in backend systems

Far from technical agreement

Functional negotiation

Negotiations about shifting scope

Technical negotiations and work ethos

Challenge definition of done with test team

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Sprint 2 (consequences)

Postponed one story (bug)

Backlog is growing without estimates

Decreased trust between teams

Waste of time

Next sprint was prepared just in time but in haste

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Sprint 3

Starting with a constant pace

Starting design workshops

More of intensive team coaching

Less of organisational interference

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Sprint 4

Starting with specification by example

Starting common user story format

More of design workshops

More of customer collaboration workshops

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Sprint 5

Starting study group

More of common user story format

More of examples

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Scope control

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What is next?

Thank you for your attention!

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Definition of done

Component teams

Read more about here: Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum by Craig Larman

Feature teams

Read more about here: Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum by Craig Larman