EURO MPMEuropean MasterIn Proyect Management

Bilbao, 23, October 2010

Andoni Gonzalo

Scrum Roles

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Agenda

I. Scrum Team

II. Chickens and Pigs

III. Roles

IV. Product Owner

V. Scrum Manager

VI. Development Team

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• Three clear major roles

• Product Owner

• Scrum Manager (Master)

• Development Team

• 7 +/- 2

Scrum Team

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• A Pig is someone who has skin in the game

• A Chicken is someone who has something to gain by

the Pigs performing

• do not contribute day to day to “getting things done

• WHO is WHO?

• Product Owner

• Scrum Manager

• Development Team

• Stakeholders

Chickens and Pigs

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Chickens and Pigs

• Typical stakeholder

• Department Manager

• Marketing/Sales departments

• Other…

• Hard working team member

• Takes the blame when things don’t go as expected

• Product Owner

• Development Team

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Roles

PRODUCT

OWNERHas the Vision

of the product

TeamSelf organized

multifunctional

StakeholdersFeedback

Guide

Scrum ManagerMakes sure the

that model works and

adapts when necessary

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Implementation

Quality Administration

Project Office Marketing/SalesProduct

Development

General

ManagementThe responsibilities

must be adapted to

the organization

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Roles

PRODUCT

OWNER Represents all the stakeholders of

the product

Area of responsibility:

• Project Finance

• System functionality

• ROI

• Project start up

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Roles

Team

Responsible of developing the

product as specified by the PO

Area of responsibility:

• Self managed

• Self organized

• Multifunctional

The team is created at the beginning of the project

The longer a team works together the better

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Roles

Stakeholders

Clients, end users, marketing, sales,

Top Management...

Area of responsibility:

• Feedback

• Suggestions

• Collaboration

Should communicate with the team

without the PO agreement

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Roles

Scrum manager (Master)

Can be a role itself as a person

Can be a responsibility

Taken by a Team leader

Mision:

• Training of the model

• Introduction of Scrum in the organization culture

• Make sure roles and model are respected

• People coaching

Objective: SAVE THE TEAM!!!

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Roles

Scrum manager (Master)

When new team or new

implementations

Responsibility:

• Help PO with Product Backlog

management

• Moderator in meetings, help on

estimation, velocity...

• Manage people to collaborate

• Problem resolution

• Sprint agenda...

Objective: Make sure the team can work

on the Sprint objective

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Q&A

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References

www.scrummanager.net

Flexibilidad con Scrum -- http://www.navegapolis.net/content/view/905/89/

(Juan Palacio) https://www.safecreative.org/work/0711140303769