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Why We Stopped Doing ScrumWhy We Stopped Doing Scrum

(And the Good Parts We Kept)(And the Good Parts We Kept)

Nico Rehwaldt / Camunda

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AgendaAgenda

Talk Started

Welcome About

Scrum ? No Scrum ! Practices and Patterns

We Lerned Stuff

Actual Content

Actual Content

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CamundaCamundabased in Berlin Kreuzberg

~100 employees

operating internationally

process and decision automation solutions

open-source �rst business model

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Product DevelopmentProduct Development40+ software engineers

6+ teams

building libraries, frameworks and applications

in Java, JavaScript, Go, ...

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Camunda BPMCamunda BPMAutomating work�ows at...

1&1

Zalando

AT&T

Goldman Sachs

...

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bpmn.iobpmn.io

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bpmn-jsbpmn-js

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Camunda ModelerCamunda Modeler

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CawemoCawemo

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Scrum Scrum ????

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ChallengesChallengestechnical complexity / experts

support / open-source model

dealing with innovation and uncertainty

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No scrum No scrum !!!!much time wasted in planings and retrospectives

won't get estimations right anyway

time boxed approach won't work

encourage people to act responsibly

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InsteadInsteadembrace "ok to fail" and build feedback culture

do planing locally with domain experts

developers = experts, build responsibility and trust

keep the good partskeep the good parts

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The Good PartsThe Good Partsmilestone planings

task board(s)

one ticket at a time, reviews �rst

code reviews

post mortem

continuous improvement

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Technical ThingsTechnical Thingsautomate and test everything**

create quality gates

structure dev �ow**

simple enough architecture

document the necessary

refactor and improve responsibly**

** as you see �t

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PracticesPracticeswrite great issues

de�ne clear responsibilities

automate what annoys you

embrace feedback

capture and channel great ideas

blog post based development

know the whatwhat and whywhy before you dodo

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Example: Github BotsExample: Github Bots

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Example: Issue TemplatesExample: Issue Templates

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SummarySummaryfocus on what you would like to achieve

understand your tools

implement structure and culture

change what is not working

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