Is Scrum the Best Choice for You?

Arata Fujimura

Self Introduction• Arata Fujimura

• Japanese

• @aratafuji

• Agile Practitioner

• Web Application Engineer

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

What is Scrum?• Scrum is a framework for development to deliver products with the highest possible value.

• Scrum is

• Lightweight

• Simple to understand

• Difficult to master

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

Scrum Theory

• Transparency

• Inspection

• Adaptation

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

• Roles

• The Product Owner

• The Development Team

• The Scrum Master

• Artifacts

• Product Backlog

• Sprint Backlog

• Increment

• Events

• The Sprint

• Sprint Planning

• Daily Scrum

• Sprint Review

• Sprint Retrospective

Scrum Overview

For more detail

• Scrum Guide

• Scrum is free and offered in this Guide.

http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

‒ Scrum Guide

“Scrum’s roles, artifacts, events, and rules are immutable and although implementing only parts of Scrum is possible, the result is not Scrum.”

Caution!

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

In the case of YOYO

I was asked to introduce Scrum

to YOYO as Scrum coach.

• Roles

• The Product Owner

• The Development Team

• The Scrum Master

• Artifacts

• Product Backlog

• Sprint Backlog

• Increment

• Events

• The Sprint

• Sprint Planning

• Daily Scrum

• Sprint Review

• Sprint Retrospective

What Is Your Goal?

• To practice correct Scrum?

• To deliver products of the highest possible value?

In the case of YOYO• Do we practice correct Scrum?

• NO!

• Do we follow Scrum theory?

• YES!

• Make task progress visible by using “Kanban board” for Transparency.

• Improve “Kanban board” continuously for "Inspection and Adaptation”.

Kanban ver.1

This Week Task Progress (Todo, Doing, Done)

Last Week Task Progress (Todo, Doing, Done)

Kanban ver.2

Next Items

Dev Improvement Tasks

Keep, Problem, Try, Todo

Team Capacity

Release • Release date

• Status

QA • Due date • Status

Process Improvement Tasks

Kanban ver.3

Process Improvement Tasks

Release • Due date • APP Version Color

Agenda• Introduction of Scrum

• What is Scrum?

• Scrum Theory

• Scrum Overview

• In the case of YOYO

• Suggestions

Suggestions• Let’s improve your process continuously by using “Inspection, Adaptation and Transparency”.

• If Scrum fits your project, you should use Scrum.

• Scrum is a great framework, but as of my experience it’s not always the best.

• Think Yourself in Your Own Context.