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The  Soul  of  Scrum

Olaf  Lewitz,  Christoph  Mathis  

Scrum  Gathering  Berlin,  2014

Olaf  Lewitz  Trust  ArKst  You  Deserve  To  Love  What  You  Do.  Scrum  Coach  (CSC)

Christoph  Mathis  Scrum  Coach  (CSC),  Scrum  Trainer  (CST),  Change  Agent

We  want  to  re-­‐base  to  the  Scrum  basics  of    

  *  Focus,       *  Alignment,       *  Ar@ul  Making,       *  Self-­‐OrganisaBon,  and       *  Rhythm.    

…  share  our  understanding  of  Scrum  as  a  transformaBonal  container,  unleashing  people's  creaBve  potenBal  to  develop  great  products,  together.    

…  get  back  to  the  heart  of  Scrum,  and  Agile.  

ConnecKon  Exercise

Our  MoKvaKon

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Tobias’  Theses• what  is  Scrum  

• why  arWul  making  

• people  system  or  process  framework

shu-ha-ri

Tobias  talks  on  RI-­‐level    how  do  we  get  there?

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About  Learning  Levelsrecipes

dont panic1: Novices

start trying things

start accepting advice

there is no big picture

2: advanced beginners

start trouble shooting

erste initiativen

can mentor novices

3: competent

need big picture

can self correct

case studies, experience: can learn from others

4: proficient

intuition5: expert

Lernstufen

Lernstufen - 15.06.11 - Mindjet

ScrumButScrumScrumBut Agile  Nirvana

The  Scrum  DudeSchedule  MeeKngs  List  impediments

Scrum  MomModerator  Takes  care  of  things  Diagnose  and  decide  Acts  as  interface  to  the  team  Evades  conflict  SKll  Bossy,  does  not  really  trust  the  team  Imposes  methodology

True  Scrum  MasterTrainer  Mentor  Facilitator  MoKvator  Team  gardener  Involves  everyone  Progressively  delegates  InnovaKon  Deals  with  conflict  Change  agent  Agile  evangelist  Servant  leader

Scrum  SenseiListen  Master  silence  Ask  Be  a  mirror

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Scrum  Master  Maturity

Exercise:  Team  development  levels

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Agile  EvoluKonCriteria'Catalog'

Assessment'

Impact'Analysis'&'Priori5za5on''

Ac5on'Items'

Lead?  Teach!

Scaling  -­‐  a  different  fronKer

Principles  and  Frameworks

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Ask  the  Team  Inspect  and  Adapt  Deliver  every  Sprint  Treat  People  as  Adults

Tobias’  Arguments

There  is  no  formula,  no  prescripKon,  no  defined  set  of  steps.  Scrum  does  not  tell  you  how  to  do  Scrum.

Work  is  fun.  We  don’t  require  water  cooler  moments  and  cigare7e  breaks  in  order  to  exercise  our  deep,  human  need  for  conversaKon,  for  interacKon.  In  Scrum  we  live  this  way.  All  day,  every  day.

We  can  stop  being  vicKms  of  process  and  start  being  warriors  of  change.

Self-­‐OrganisaKon   is  anarchic.  Well-­‐funcKoning,   self-­‐organised  teams  will  request  leaders  as  needed.

Catastrophic  change  comes  about  when  people  discover  their  own  truth,  by  pushing  their  own  and  others’  comfort  zones  to  the  limit,  by  taking  risks,  embracing  failure  and  walking  through  fear.

Seed  the  lowest  level  of  the  organizaKon  with  agents  of  passion:  educate  them,  nurture  them,  make  knowledge  available,  have  conversaKons,  share  stories,  laugh,  agitate  and  ask  difficult  quesKons.  Be  unafraid.  Change  will  be  much  slower,  but  it  will  be  real  and  yes,  it  may  well  be  catastrophic.

Agile  is  a  compassionate  form  of  anarchy—a  gentle  movement  away  from  hierarchical,  controlling  structures  toward  collaboraKve,  self-­‐organized  ones.

Our  leaders  are  but  trusted  servants;  they  do  not  govern  (…).  Each  team  should  be  autonomous  except  in  ma7ers  affecKng  other  teams  or  the  organizaKon  as  a  whole.  Each  team  has  but  one  primary  purpose— to  build  an  increment  of  product  in  every  iteraKon  and   deliver  it  to  the  customer  (who  is  possibly  suffering!).

Soul  of  Scrum:  Focus,  Alignment,   ArWul  Making,   Self-­‐OrganisaKon,  and  Rhythm

Scrum  is  a  means  to  break  rules.  How  can  we  explain  it  without  rules?

Idea:  Liquid  Scrum

Scrum  as  a  set  of  Choices:  

One  constraint  

Three  Focused  Interests  

A  list  of  opBons

Constrain  the  System

Timebox  of  two  weeks  

"Scrum  only  makes  one  promise:  it  enables  you  to  fail  in  30  days  or  less."  

Scrum  is  not  a  soluBon.   It's  a  looking  glass  for  the  shit  under  the  carpet.  It  gives  us  the  choice  to  do  something  about  it,  or  not.

Focused  InterestsRoles  are  "not  my  problem"  rules.  

We  will  not  win  as  a  team  if  we're  not  responsible  together.  

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Do  the  right  thing.  

Do  things  right.  

Get  beSer  and  beSer  every  day.

OpKons  To  TryDeliver.  

Visualize  your  work.  

Reflect.  

Experiment.    

Focus.  

Reflect.