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Certified Scrum Master
RedAgile
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Product Grooming/Refinement
Not defined in the Scrum Guide. Used to be there, but was dropped in latest version.
Kane suggests that it is critical because it saves time in Sprint Planning Meetings.
3 Commitments
- Definition of Done: is universal for all increments, unlike Acceptance Criteria which is unique to each
- Product Goal: arising from Product backlog
- Sprint Goal: arising from Product backlog
Product Backlog Items
- Features
- User Stories
- Technical Debt
- Risk Mitigation
- Learnings (from Retropectives ?)
Monday 13 December 2021
Case studies
DBS
- Alibaba: the situation was dire
- e-Citi/Horowitz: change must be across entire organisation, not piecemeal/fringe
- father in Delhi: people can change, environment is holding us back
Product Owner
Maximise Value
Why
- Vision: Why are we doing it ? Focal point for the team
- Control of $: Why is the team is embarking on the initiative (ROI)
What
- Product backlog: ordered according to value
- Prioritisation
When
- When to release product
- if to cancel sprint
Facilitation techniques
- Tech check
- Toolkit
- Posters
- Videos
- Sensory facilitation: countdown, music
- Constantly “landing the plane”
- Visual Mgt Board: Burndown chart, Kanban board
- Avoid context switching
Topic 1
Marco Polo: go out and learn from others, especially needed for CSM
Cynefin Framework
Planning is Everything; the Plan is Nothing – Dwight Eisenhower
Topic 1
- Meeting ID: 842 8383 8386
- Passcode: 159232
Scrum Guide
https://www.redagile.com/scrum-guide
Scrum pillars
- transparency,
- inspection, and
- adaptation.
Scrum Values
- Focus: prevent context-switching attention
- Openness: Watermelon - green (okay) on outside but red (danger/critical) or amber inside
- Respect: Mutual
- Commitment,
- Extreme Courage: Dare to have hard conversations
Scrum Team
- Developers
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
Scrum Events
- Sprint planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
| Sprint length | Planning | Daily | Review | Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 weeks | 8 hours | 15 mins | 4 hours | 3 hours |
| 2 weeks | 4 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours | |
| 1 week | 2 hours | 1 hour | 1 hour |
Scrum Artifacts
- Product Backlog
- Product Goal
- Sprint Backlog
- Sprint Goal
- Increment
- Meets the Definition of Done
Agile case study: FBI: https://redagile.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=458aaa9ad5b27e509dacbfebe&id=aac4c86648&e=9aa08b0b1a
Building a Jet Fighter Faster, Cheaper, Better with Scrum Agile case study: Saab: https://redagile.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=458aaa9ad5b27e509dacbfebe&id=607c0f6df5&e=9aa08b0b1a
Tesla Has Applied Agile Software Development to Automotive Manufacturing Agile case study: Tesla: https://redagile.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=458aaa9ad5b27e509dacbfebe&id=48068a3b9d&e=9aa08b0b1a
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation Dan Pink video: https://redagile.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=458aaa9ad5b27e509dacbfebe&id=b6daed0a7b&e=9aa08b0b1a