The Anatomical Dissection of a Sprint Backlog

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1. The Anatomical Dissection of a Sprint Backlog By Mike Pearce
2. Introduction
3. About Me
4. http://about.me/mikepearce
6. Scrum?
7. So, what is a sprint backlog?
8. Photo by orcmid - http://flic.kr/p/3Pudmr Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 1. A. Cockburn Patient: M.J.Pearce
9. Photo by ATIS547 - http://flic.kr/p/C42Jx Case No.: 8738a78 Must have been tough... Patient: M.J.Pearce
10. Photo by chloeloe - http://flic.kr/p/5e1zt2 Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 2. Radiator (Radiates heat, not info) Patient: M.J.Pearce
11. An Information radiator is a display posted in a place where people can see it as they work or walk by. It shows readers information they care about without having to ask anyone a question.
12. Photo by Nestlé - http://flic.kr/p/7E7RgV Where did I put that chart?
13. Photo by Drift Words - http://flic.kr/p/VtHf
14. Photo by postmoderngirl - http://flic.kr/p/5dBrqc Pie I have eaten Pie I have not eaten
15. Photo by emdot - http://flic.kr/p/6sZVjo Case No.: 8738a78 (Blank Slate) Patient: M.J.Pearce
16. Case No.: 8738a78 Probably only for the UK... Patient: M.J.Pearce
17. Photo by Stéfan - http://flic.kr/p/8vzqHA Case No.: 8738a78 Which artefacts? Patient: M.J.Pearce
18. You need a physical (sprint backlog)
19. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 3. K Schwaber Patient: M.J.Pearce No whiteboard? There’s the door son.
20. “High-bandwidth communication is one of the core practices of Scrum... The best communication is face to face, with communications occurring through facial expression, body language, intonation, and words. When a white board is thrown in and the teams work out design as a group, the communication bandwidth absolutely sizzles.” - Ken Schwaber, The Enterprise
21. “High-bandwidth communication is one of the core practices of Scrum... The best communication is face to face, with communications occurring through facial expression, body language, intonation, and words. When a white board is thrown in and the teams work out design as a group, the communication bandwidth absolutely sizzles.” - Ken Schwaber, The Enterprise
22. “High-bandwidth communication is one of the core practices of Scrum... The best communication is face to face, with communications occurring through facial expression, body language, intonation, and words. When a white board is thrown in and the teams work out design as a group, the communication bandwidth absolutely sizzles.” - Ken Schwaber, The Enterprise
23. “High-bandwidth communication is one of the core practices of Scrum... The best communication is face to face, with communications occurring through facial expression, body language, intonation, and words. When a white board is thrown in and the teams work out design as a group, the communication bandwidth absolutely sizzles.” - Ken Schwaber, The Enterprise
24. Photo by Jonathan_W - http://flic.kr/p/7CLrYc Case No.: 8738a78 Elephant in the room Patient: M.J.Pearce
25. Photo by weelakeo - http://flic.kr/p/6UqQz7 OH HAI! Case No.: Ice breaker Patient: HOW U?
26. Photo by smee_me - http://flic.kr/p/6tvLzT Case No.: 8738a78 Flexible Patient: M.J.Pearce
27. Photo by Vicious Bits - http://flic.kr/p/7KbZx1 Case No.: 8738a78 Process Patient: M.J.Pearce
28. Photo by neil365 - http://flic.kr/p/fwFQW Case No.: 8738a78 Culture (club) Patient: M.J.Pearce
29. Photo by yuan2003 - http://flic.kr/p/3JJMWz Case No.: 8738a78 Collaboration Patient: M.J.Pearce
30. Photo by nualabugeye - http://flic.kr/p/6amrhK Case No.: 8738a78 Disposable information Patient: M.J.Pearce
31. Photo by CEThompson - http://flic.kr/p/9sNmbP Case No.: 8738a78 Doodles and planning Patient: M.J.Pearce
32. Photo by G Travels - http://flic.kr/p/7J2zdM Case No.: 8738a78 Wheels Patient: M.J.Pearce
33. Photo by mrjoro - http://flic.kr/p/8T7jJ Case No.: 8738a78 The end Patient: M.J.Pearce
34. Your Commitments
35. com·mit·ment noun 1. the act of committing. 2. the state of being committed. 3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself. 4. a pledge or promise; obligation: We have made acommitment to pay our bills on time.
37. “If people commit, orally or in writing, to an idea or goal, they are more likely to honor that commitment because of establishing that idea or goal as being congruent with their self image.” - Robert B. Cialdini [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion] 1983
38. Stories
39. As a Global Scrum Gathering attendee, I want to have useful and engaging talks and workshops, so that I can leave feeling energised, charged and ready to take on the world
40. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 4: Bad story! Patient: M.J.Pearce
41. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 5: Better story Patient: M.J.Pearce
42. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 5: Good story! Patient: M.J.Pearce
43. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 6: OK story! Patient: M.J.Pearce
44. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 7: Swimlanes Patient: M.J.Pearce
45. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 8: Good stories Patient: M.J.Pearce
46. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 9: Story Status Patient: M.J.Pearce
47. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 10: Tidy! Patient: M.J.Pearce
48. Sprint Goal
49. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 11: Sprint Goal Patient: M.J.Pearce
50. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig. 12: What? Patient: M.J.Pearce
51. “If people commit, orally or in writing, to an idea or goal, they are more likely to honor that commitment because of establishing that idea or goal as being congruent with their self image.” - Robert B. Cialdini [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion] 1983
52. Autonomy, mastery and purpose
53. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 13. A happy user Patient: M.J.Pearce Photo by deflam - http://flic.kr/p/HrtHq
54. Tasks
56. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 14. Plenty to do Patient: M.J.Pearce
57. Photo by deanj - http://flic.kr/p/7viPMa Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 15. Basics Patient: M.J.Pearce
58. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 16. Colour key Patient: M.J.Pearce
59. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 17. Status stickers Patient: M.J.Pearce
60. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 18. Status Columns Patient: M.J.Pearce
63. Photo by drewgstephens - http://flic.kr/p/5UuR9Y Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 17. Matching your process Patient: M.J.Pearce
64. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 17. See, told you so. Patient: M.J.Pearce
65. Image: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/sprint-backlog
66. Daniel Kahneman Amos Tversky People have a tendency to underestimate, even when they know what needs doing People have a tendency to underestimate, even when they have experience of doing the task before.
67. Burndown
68. CAUTI ON! DULL SLIDES AHEAD!
72. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tasks/Hours Days Sprint Burndown
75. 0 10 20 30 40 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tasks/Hours Days Sprint Burndown
76. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tasks/Hours Days Sprint Burndown
77. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tasks/Hours Days Sprint Burndown
78. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tasks/Hours Days Sprint Burndown
79. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Story Points Days Sprint Burndown
80. 0 25 50 75 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Story Points Days Sprint Burndown
81. 0 175 350 525 700 01/01/2011 30/01/2011 24/02/2011 17/03/2011 18/04/2011 Story Points Days Release Burndown
82. Bug and defects
83. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility The Agile Manifesto
84. BUGS Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 18. Do not want! Patient: M.J.Pearce
85. Yo dawg, I heard you like process, so I put a process in your process, so you can chart while you chart!
86. Other sprint backlog artefacts
89. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 19. Pea brain reminder Patient: M.J.Pearce
92. Case No.: 8738a78 Fig 20. Look different IRL Patient: M.J.Pearce
94. Takeaways
95. Commitments
96. Tasks
97. Burndown
98. What is really important?
102. Thank you!
103. Your backlogs
104. http://about.me/mikepearce