The document discusses how agile development using Scrum can help small companies and startups succeed by allowing them to iterate quickly and focus on delivering working features to users each sprint. It provides examples of how the company uberVU has implemented Scrum practices like one week sprints, daily standup meetings, and using a project management tool to organize work and track progress. The key message is that while Scrum provides a framework, establishing the right culture of iterative development and frequent user feedback is ultimately what allows companies to effectively use agile methods.

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2. SCRUM How agile development can help
a small company overcome the
dreaded 90% fail rate and stay
& startups
on top while maximizing their
results.
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3. STARTUP
Based on a VISION
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4. STARTUP
Based on a VISION
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5. STARTUP
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Based on a VISION
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Based on a VISION
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7. STARTUP
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Solve an … with an
unknown problem unknown solution
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8. We are not joking
so we will give some examples
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12. What they have in common is that they nailed it from
the beginning
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luck
So if you are as smart as Ford you will make it
from the beginning.
But are u?
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13. VISION != PRODUCT
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14. Iterations at uberVU
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15. Hamsters team
Business team
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See what works or not
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amst
by talking to users, clients
or looking on metrics H
Make a new version with a improvements
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16. Speed of development is KEY
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17. ENTER THE SCRUM
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18. uberVU tools for SCRUM
HINT HINT: We don’t do it by the book
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19. 1. Definition of DONE
DONE = when it is ready to be shipped
For small stories must be live
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20. 2. One week sprint
Switched from 2 weeks in the beginning
WHY? Better focus and increased speed
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21. 3. No demo day
No time for it. If it is done it must work.
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22. 4. Sprint meeting each Monday
Decide on stories, sprint goal and ESTIMATES
Monday is also the day for spike tasks
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23. 5. Daily SCRUM
Each day: 15-30 minutes at 6PM
Everybody must participate even through Skype
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24. 5. One PM tool
We use Pivotal Tracker
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26. How we do SCRUM?
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27. Daily
SCRUM
Backlog
Sprint log
Pivotal Tracker
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28. But in the end it’s all about
CULTURE
It’s a framework and it works only if you
stick to it
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29. Questions
& answers
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