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Scrum but Anonymous: Therapy for Scrumbutoholics - Joseph Chin and Kok Ewe - Agile SG 2013

Agile Singapore
November 07, 2013
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Scrum but Anonymous: Therapy for Scrumbutoholics - Joseph Chin and Kok Ewe - Agile SG 2013

Presented in Agile Singapore 2013 Conference

As Agile Coaches in our region, we have privileged access to many organization in all shapes and forms within Intel and how they run their operations, how they eventually implement scrum or scrum but. We tend to bucket these organization into 2 categories.

- The Elope Style: Teams who start scrumming on their own, with or without the blessings of their organization.

- The Matchmaker Style: Organizations who make Agile their process, a tops down mandate.

To make things just a little more complicated, we add functionality in the equation spans over purely software teams, IT teams, Hybrid of Software and Hardware teams. Sometimes, these people need to work together! In a team? Based on these permutations, is there such a thing as a one size fits all implementation? we had the charter to implement Scrum. For the most part, we do not get a blank sheet of paper to write on. Meaning, we don’t get to start from scratch. We have to work around an existing process. Operations and Deliverables is key. No organization wants to “drop the ball” because of new process improvement. Because of the way teams have been operating, it is almost impossible for teams to get it right from the start. Therefore, most teams comes in some form of Scrum…But. For example, Relative Sizing? Swarming? Working in Silo? Tops Down Direction? Our Focal System? These are the reality teams have to deal with. We will share how we transform and migrate these teams to Agile. As advocates of Agile, we cannot stress the importance of Agile to Intel. This paper would describe the starting points, the continuous coaching over more than 60 teams in 5 years in our Asian Region. We would like to share the experiences of how we overcome, tolerate or repel the “buts” within these organizations which ultimately leads us to being better teams! One team, One Change, One Sprint at a time.

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November 07, 2013
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  1. Scrum…but Anonymous.
    Therapy for Scrumbutoholics
    KE Siew
    Joseph

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  2. Intel Information Technology
    Why Scrum? 2

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  3. Intel Information Technology
    Team Elopes with Scrum 3

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  4. Intel Information Technology
    Arranged Scrum Marriage 4

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  5. Intel Information Technology
    Scrum is easy…
    1+1
    5

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  6. Intel Information Technology
    Take a Class!
    6

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  7. Intel Information Technology
    What is Scrum… But?
    “Real Scrum is Hard”

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  8. Intel Information Technology
    Scrum is easy… NOT
    “Scrum is SIMPLE.
    Fixing what it uncovers is very, very, very HARD.”
    -- Ken Schwaber
    8
    11/19/2013

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  9. Intel Information Technology
    Customer Collaboration
    Customer
    collaboration
    Political
    Management
    Process
    Mindset
    Legal
    Physical
    Org
    Structure
    Tools
    Culture
    9
    11/19/2013

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  10. Intel Information Technology
    What But?
    Syntax: (Scrum-but) (Reason) (Workaround)
    10

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  11. Intel Information Technology
    How to get out of Scrum-buts?
    Scrum-but Scrum
    11
    11/19/2013
    Therapy

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  12. Intel Information Technology
    Where Do I Begin? 12

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  13. Intel Information Technology
    Acknowledge You Have a Problem
    “Houston, we have a problem.”
    -- Jim Lovell
    13
    11/19/2013

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  14. Intel Information Technology
    Get a Coach 14

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  15. Intel Information Technology
    Where I want to be?
    “You only walk forward, when you know where you’re going.”
    -- Anderson Delima
    15
    11/19/2013

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  16. Intel Information Technology
    Our Scrum Buts…
    16

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  17. Intel Information Technology
    She works Hard for the Money
    The Micromanaging Manager
    17

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  18. Intel Information Technology
    You Give Managers a Bad Name…
    Your Manager is NOT YOUR ENEMY…
    18

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  19. Intel Information Technology
    The Admin Scrum Master 19
    Replace with the real thing…

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  20. Intel Information Technology
    Get Others on Board
    Get Your partner organization on board…
    20

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  21. Intel Information Technology
    Looking Thru the eyes of Scrum…but
    Learn to draw parallels in your context.
    21

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  22. Intel Information Technology
    Scrum Takes Time
    Be practical…. one change at the time.
    22

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  23. Intel Information Technology
    I will survive
    Be prepare to fail
    23

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  24. Intel Information Technology
    Prioritized Battle
    Be Flexible…Look for the greater good
    24

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  25. Intel Information Technology
    Celebrate
    Celebrate and Make Celebrities
    25

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  26. Intel Information Technology
    More
    Or less…
    26

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  27. Intel Information Technology
    TRUE NORTH
    MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR GOAL.
    27

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  28. Intel Information Technology
    Inspect & Adapt Always
    28
    11/19/2013

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  29. Intel Information Technology
    You Need Both
    29
    Both top down and bottom up effort is
    needed for success

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  30. Intel Information Technology
    Conclusion
    1. Acknowledge Your Short Comings
    2. Change is the only way to Improve
    3. Find A Coach
    “It’s OK to start with Scrum-buts
    (everybody does). It’s not OK to stay at
    Scrum-buts.”
    30

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