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Scrum War Rooms:an NDS Case Study

Avidan Lamdan, Director

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• NDS – a quick overview

• NDS & Agile

• Scrum war rooms– WH question

• NDS experience

• Questions

Agenda

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History of NDS• Founded February, 1988• Acquired by News Corp, Rupert Murdoch Corporation, 1990• First Conditional Access service [BSkyB], 1990• First digital Conditional Access service [DIRECTV], 1994• China Cable Network (INC at the time), May 2000• Sky+ launched at BSkyB with XTV technology, 2001• Since February 2009 NDS Group Ltd is a private company

owned by Permira Funds and News Corporation • Won China DTH CA Business for ~10M smart cards,

2009/2010• 2009: NDS commemorated shipment of 300 millionth

smart card

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Conditional Access Customers

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Digital pay-TV Leader• NDS VideoGuard® CA

and DRM solutions protect 116 million active devices

• NDS M/W deployedin 135 million devices

• NDS DVR technology deployed in 25 milliondevices

• NDS leads as iTV pioneer • NDS leads with proven

convergence solutions

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• Using Agile framework over the past three years– Multi-site, Multi-national– Large-scale projects (over 300 people)– Supporting management

• SCRUM implementation:– Sporadic across the company– ~10 different teams (10-40 people each)

NDS & Agile

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• A Single room dedicated for a scrum development team

• Should facilitate XP environment• Should include the SM & Team (at least)

– PO is an option

• The best room– Central, Spacious, lighted, ignited

Scrum War Rooms - What

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• Better productivity

• Better communication

• Better adaptation for changes

• One stop shop

• Transparency

• “All together now”

Scrum War Rooms - Why

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• Reduced external communication– No landline telephones– Mobile on vibration

• Whiteboard, Flipchart, Projector

• Lots of power/LAN outlets

• Large desk

• Paired (10-12 people)

Scrum War rooms - How

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• Class II scrum team and above

• The group is well formed and performed

• Limited to 12 people

• Leverage the “knee effect”

Scrum War Rooms - When

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• Setup

• First meeting

• Fiasco

• Recovery plan

• Current status

• Lessons learned

NDS Experience

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• Dedicated team– Internal and newcomers

• Allocation of new area

• Supportive management– Up a certain level

• Lots of goodwill

NDS Experience - Setup

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• Players:– Team leaders– Logistics– Architect

• Issues:– Open space– Firm conformance– Limited budget– General structure

NDS Experience – First Meeting

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• Poor preparation

• Not enough communication– Intra-team– Intra-company

• Bad vibes

• Maslow pyramid compromised…

NDS Experience –Fiasco

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• Compromise– Single war room– At least 50% occupancy– Crowded seating cubicles– A LOT of “rest” space

• And a movie

NDS Experience – Recovery Plan

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• Communication, communication, communication!

• War room is NOT open space

• Team success is more important than mr²

• Less documentation

• Highly adaptive teams

NDS Experience – Lessons Learned

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• War room – mostly occupied

• Meeting rooms – not in use

• Waiting to get approval for second room

• Company-wide traction

NDS Experience – Current Status

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Questions?

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Thank you