1. Introduction to Scrum
Céline Dedaj @Geek Girls Carrots
July 5th 2014

2. Céline Dedaj
Certified ScrumMaster®
• since 2013:
Certified ScrumMaster® by
Jeff Sutherland
• since 2008:
freelance Coach
Process and People Manager
• 2004:
University degree in
Political Sciences

5. *Scrum line*
• Take position in the room along a line according
to your relative knowledge about Scrum.
• 5 minutes

6. *Stand Up Meeting*
• Build teams of 3-4
• Take turns to answer following questions
as concisely as possible:
1. What is your previous experience with Scrum?
2. What do you want to learn next about it?
3. What problems you think Scrum can help solving?
• 15 minutes

7. Our workshop goal
Understand what IT buzz word
„Scrum“
is about.

8. Today’s „sprint“
1. What is „Scrum“?
2. How does Scrum work?
3. Why Scrum?
4. What do you think?

9. Today’s „sprint“
1. What is „Scrum“?
2. How does Scrum work?
3. Why Scrum?
4. What do you think?

10. Scrum
(Pau vs. Bourgoin 03/22/14)

12. Today’s „sprint“
1. What is „Scrum“?
2. How does Scrum work?
3. Why Scrum?
4. What do you think?

13. Scrum Roles
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Team

14. Scrum Roles
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Team

15. Scrum Roles
• Product Owner:
Defines features + acceptance criteria
(„DoD“: „Definition of Done“)
Responsible for ROI
Prioritizes and ranks Product Backlog Items

16. Scrum Roles
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Team

17. Scrum Roles
• Scrum Master:
Removes impediments
Enables close cooperation
Facilitates Meetings
Enforces the process

18. Scrum Roles
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Team

19. Scrum Roles
• Team:
Crossfunctional with 7 +/- 2 members
Do what’s needed to reach sprint goal
Organizes itself
Demos product increments to PO

20. Scrum Events
• Sprint Planning:
max. 8 hours for 4-weeks Sprint
Product Owner + Team + Scrum Master
Negociate sprint goal

21. Scrum Events
• Daily Scrum:
max. 15 min., stand-up meeting
Team + Scrum Master (+Product Owner)
1. What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team
meet the Sprint Goal?
2. What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the
Sprint Goal?
3. Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development
Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

22. Scrum Events
• Sprint Review:
max. 4 hours for 4-weeks Sprint
Product Owner + Team + Scrum Master (+
Stakeholders)
What is „Done“/not „Done“
Demo

23. Scrum Events
• Sprint Retrospective:
max 3 hours for 4-weeks Sprint
Team + Scrum Master (+ if invited Product
Owner)
Inspect & Adapt

25. *Iterations with
Spaghetti*
Alexandra Strekalova

26. Today’s „sprint“
1. What is „Scrum“?
2. How does Scrum work?
3. Why Scrum?
4. What do you think?

28. *Our mini-Sprint goal:*
Run for toilet paper!

29. Run for toilet paper!
• Goal:
Team should move as many balls of toilet paper as possible from
one bag to the other within 2 minutes.
Each ball needs to be touched by each team member during the
process.
1. Building the balls (1,5’)
2. Estimate (2’) how many balls your team can move within 2
minutes.
Caution! Balls falling on the ground are out of the game.
3. Sprint (2’)
4. Review: Who won?

30. Scrum framework

31. Today’s „sprint“
1. What is „Scrum“?
2. How does Scrum work?
3. Why Scrum?
4. What do you think?

32. *Workshop Retro*

33. Further readings
• Scrum guide:
https://www.scrum.org/scrum-guide
• „Ian Sense, Scrum Master“:
http://youtu.be/P6v-I9VvTq4
• Agile Project Management with Scrum
by Ken Schwaber:
http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/reviews/agile-project-
management-with-scrum
• Agile Software Development with Scrum
by Ken Schaber and Mike Beedle:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/
349419.Agile_Software_Development_with_Scrum

34. Questions?
Céline Dedaj
Sonnenallee 48
12045 Berlin
Germany
+49 176 96992256
celine.dedaj@gmail.com