Slides from my workshop on Scrum Roles and Best practices.

1. CMS Team WorkShop:
Scrum Roles Best Practices
September 30th, 2015

2. Purpose
The Purpose of this workshop will be to:
1. Reflect on current team roles and responsibilities.
2. Investigate Scrum defined roles.
3. Perform activities that will investigate different approaches to project
management.
4. Create actionable tasks to improve our efficiency.
5. Have Fun!

3. 10 mins
Introduction to Scrum Roles Videos
25 mins
Herculean Donut Activity
1 Hour
Lego Team Challenge
20 mins
Debrief and Action Items
5 mins
Self Assessment Review
Agenda
10 mins

4. Self Assessment Review

5. What is a Product Owner?
● Responsible for maximizing the
value of the product and the
work of the development team
● Sole person accountable for
Product Backlog management
(define, prioritize, and make
visible)
● Expresses decisions through
prioritization of the Product
Backlog.

6. What is a Scrum Master?
● Servant Leader
● Ensures Scrum theory, practices
and rules are followed
● Protects teams from disruptive
external interactions
● Helps Product Owner manage
backlog
● Facilitates meetings
● Coaching and Teaching of team
members
● Works to increase efficiency of
team members.

7. Who Are the Scrum Team?
● Works in time boxed sprints of
30 days or less
● Delivers value to the customer as
quickly as possible
● A single team consisting of
anyone assisting in the
development of the software
● Self organized
● Never assigns work to an
individual
● Whole team accountability

8. Activity 1: Herculean Donut
The board currently contains two pages: a drawing of a
donut subdivided into spaces for various roles, and a
page filled with stickies that represent a responsibility in
Scrum.
The participants will choose a sticky note from board,
and decide which role is responsible for it in the Scrum
Framework. The sticky will be placed in one of: Product
Owner, Scrum Master, Dev Team, Everyone or No One.
Participants will then discuss if this is the appropriate
location based on the framework.

9. Activity 2: Team Lego Challenge
● The Product Owner (PO) will
decide which model should be
built.
● PO will have the instructions and
photo but will not show them to
the Team.
● The Dev Team has only the Lego
bricks.
● PO is allowed to inspect the plan
as often he or she needs to.
● The Dev Team has 25 Minutes to
complete the model.

10. Debrief and Action Items
It’s now time to have an open discussion and create some action items.

11. Thank You!