LET ME TELL YOU A STORY OF WHY SCRUM IS NOT FOR YOU…

ROKO ROIĆ@rroicroic.roko@gmail.comwww.backloggrooming.com

LET’S START POSITIVE.SCRUM WORKS. WHEN USED FOR THE RIGHT JOB IN THE RIGHT WAY.

WHAT SCRUM ACTUALLY IS?THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS.

“The New New Product Development Game” - Hirotaka Takeuchi & Ikujiro

Nonaka, 1986.

“Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex

products.”

FRAMEWORK

COMPLEX PRODUCTS

DEVELOPMENT

TOP 10 ANTIPATTERNS OF SCRUM USAGE

#1 NOT WILLING TO ADAPT YOUR PROCESS

SCRUM IS NOT A PROCESS. IT’S A FRAMEWORK FOR EMPIRICAL PROCESS CONTROL

IT’S A VEHICLE, NOT THE DESTINATION

#2 MAINTAING THE PRODUCTIONSCRUM IS TIMEBOXED. IT’S YOUR FIRST CLUE

ITERATIONS PROMOTE FOCUS FOR 1-4 WEEKS. CAN YOU WAIT THAT MUCH?

#3 JUST SHORT OF A TEAMTHERE’S 2 OF YOU. YOU ARE A COUPLE. GET A ROOM.

EVEN AT 3, YOU SHOULD SOMETIMES COSINDER ALTERNATIVE GROUPING METHODS

#4 UNABLE TO HAVE STABLE TEAMS

FIRST OF ALL – I AM NOT BUYING THIS. STOP STARTING AND START FINISHING.

OVERBURDERN WILL HAPPEN, THE PRINCIPLES ARE NOT ACCEPTED

#5 PROJECT TOO SIMPLEBACKLOG IS NOT COMPLEX ENOUGH TO FILL AT LEAST 3 SPRINTS? REMEMBER: COMPLEX PRODUCTS

NOTHING TO LEARN ALONG THE WAY, JUST REPETITIVE WORK?

#6 HETEROGENOUS SKILL SETS

1 DEVELOPER, 1 DATA SCIENTIST AND 1 TESTER WALK WALK INTO A PLANNING POKER GAME… PULL PRINCIPLE WILL NOT WORK.

PARTS OF THE FRAMEWORK ARE STILL USABLE.

#7 DON’T WANT TO LEARN (SCRUM)

SCRUM IS NOT SIMPLE AND WILL NOT BRING RESULTS UNLESS YOU LEARN AND RE-LEARN IT.

COACHING; INTERNAL TRANSITION TEMS; READING A LOT. KEYS TO SUCCESS.

#8 DON’T BELIEVE IN ITORGANISATION WANTS THE BENEFITS, BUT DOESN’T LIKE THE PRINCIPLES.

PRACTICES WILL RARELY WORK WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE PRINCIPLES

#9 SELECTIVE SCRUMSCRUMBUT CITY. YOU ARE PROBABLY RUINING IT.

ARE YOU SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING?

#10 DON’T LIKE BIG CHANGESCRUM IS OPINIONATED ABOUT ROLE NAMES.

SCRUM CHANGES A LOT OF THINGS AT ONCE.

THEN WHAT? LET’S LOOK AT ONE ALTERNATIVE – KANBAN

MANAGING WORK AND TIME

VS.

FRAMEWORK RIGIDITY

VS.

Responding to new circumstances

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