1. A taste of Agile – Scrum methods for
GLAM types
Paddy Plunket and Ellen Fitzsimons
National Library Parliamentary Service

2. The team is important

3. Scrum Master
Product Owner
3 Scrum Roles
The Team

4. Key concept Detail Collns Expertise Resource Online Onsite Phone Distance
Intuitively access and use services 
Understand what is offered (services and
Gain
content) in order to determine its
likelihood to meet my needs

confidence and
Understand how I can access services
understanding and collection items in order to evaluate
options and decide which suits me best

Understand how I can re‐use content 
Rummage,
browse and Navigate and browse without searching
  
explore
Find collection
Find collection items without assistance 
items Save information about results so I can refine
and rework later

See items online 
Order and receive digital items 
Get collection
items Request/arrange access of physical items
online and onsite

Receive and use physical and digital collection
items.


5. As a <role> I want to <goal> so I can <reason>
As a cook I
want to find
recipes that
use seasonal
ingredients so
I can cook a
meal with
food that’s
cheaply
available
locally

6. Prioritised Story List
1. As a theatre goer I want to see a movie that
suits my taste so I can be entertained.
2. As a theatre goer I want to be able to buy
tickets to see my movie on site at the theatre
3. As a theatre goer I want to be able to buy
tickets to see my movie on the internet
4. As a theatre goer I want to be able to buy
snacks and drinks when I see my movie, so I
can enhance my enjoyment of the movie

7. The Sprint

8. Meetings

9. WHY AGILE SCRUM IS A GOOD IDEA

10. Team

11. Planning

12. User focussed

13. Time

14. Value for money…

15. You improve as you go

16. Happiness on the job

17. Interactive exercise
PLANNING IN AGILE

18. Poker
•1 •5
•2 •8
•3

19. Estimate this
As a pet owner I want
Fluffy to have a place
• A
to sleep to minimise
fur on my bed.

20. Kitty backlog
As a pet owner I want Fluffy to be As a per owner I want Fluffy to have
brushed and groomed so she looks access so she can go in and out of the
her best when my friends visit house at any time.
As a pet owner I want Fluffy to have As a pet owner I want Fluffy to get
an annual check‐up so I know she is regular use of a scratching post so
well. that my furniture is not destroyed.
As a pet owner I want Fluffy to As a pet owner I want Fluffy to have
socialize with humans so she regular treatment for fleas so that she
behaves well around babies
and our family stay healthy.

21. Interactive exercise
REVIEWING IN AGILE

22. Retrospectives
1.
Set the scene
2.
Gather and share
information
3.
Generate insights
4.
Decide on response
or actions
5.
Close

23. Retrospectives
1.
Set the scene
2.
Highs and low
3.
Themes
4.
Discuss possible
responses
5.
Close

24. GETTING STARTED IN AGILE

25. Health warning

26. Hire a professional

27. Stealth

28. Start small

29. Shhh don’t call it agile

30. QUESTIONS?

31. •Unidentified women's rugby team. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection,
Box 9. Ref: PAColl‐6181‐46. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22863241
•Lion Tamer from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/6211107418/
Two men on the deck of a ship, about 1890 from National Media Museum ‐ Kodak Gallery Collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/2781021446/
•LSE Sports Day, Malden Sports Ground, c1920s from London School of Economics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4171082305/in/photostream/
•Y.M.C.A.. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives. Ref: 1/2‐215453‐F. Alexander Turnbull Library,
Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22697496
•Psychic Cleaners by Eric Fischer http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5883163916/
•Gold Stars by Debaird ‐ http://www.flickr.com/photos/debaird/2415815440/
•A housewife surrounded by cleaning utensils by Nationaal Archief, on Flickr
•http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/4416872240/
•Mirrors Don't Lie: A Defensive Driving Lesson by
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puzzler4879/4024038073/
•Bob Burman, race car driver LOC http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163470598/
•Chick by Andy Purviance http://www.flickr.com/photos/otterlove/3588435516/
All other photos courtesy of Cle0patra’s flickr photostream
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