Have you ever thought why scrum works? That too from NeuroScience perspective? We all acknowledge and understand that we have moved beyond and past machine age or service era and are living in what is called “Knowledge Era”. Focus of current times is shifting from behaviours to values. From people to brain. Yet, we know very little about people or brain or its working. Through this talk, I will attempt to link hard neuroscience to scrum and its practices to see why it works or does not work. Also we would look at practices required beyond scrum to create an environment where scrum can flourish. Or even exists!

1. Why Scrum
Works?
A NeuroScience Perspective
By Tushar Somaiya

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Tushar Somaiya is a passionate certified professional coach who
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6. Is It Brain Or Is It
Environment / Culture?

7. It Is Environment & Culture
For Those Brains

8. Knowledge Era
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9. Beyond Carrot And Stick
DAN PINK – Surprising Truth Of What Motivates Us?
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12. Credits David Rock

13. Where you are in the social order of the
communities you are involved in.

14. Certainty
There will always be a “lie” in “belief”
An “over” in “lover”
An “end” in “friend”
An “us” in “trust”
And an “if” in “life”

15. Credits: Alan McLean

16. Relatedness means being safely connected to the people
around you.

20. What Does All Of This
Have To Do With Agile /
Scrum?

21. Thanks to ThoughtWorks

22. Have A Look At Agile
Principles
1. Satisfy customer
2. Business people and development team must work
together
3. Build projects around motivated individuals
4. Face-to-face conversation is most effective
5. Sponsors, developers and users should be able to
maintain a sustainable pace
6. Technical excellence
7. Self-organizing teams
8. Team reflects
8 out of 12 agile principles are related to people

23. WHY SCRUM WORKS?

24. Work In Group Of 5
• Ceremonies
o Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, Retrospection, Release Planning
• Artifacts
o Product backlog, Sprint backlog, Definition Of Done & Product Increment,
Burndown Charts
• Roles
o Scrum Master, Product Owner, Team
• Scrum as whole
• Traditional Methodologies like waterfall

25. BE CRAFTFUL, ALWAYS!!
Or At least Carry Your Scarf, Always!

26. SCARF Beyond Scrum &
Agile?

27. SCARF In Daily
Conversation?

28. SCARF & COACHING
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Credits: Dr. David Rock

29. SCARF In Leadership?

30. Questions Backlog
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31. Thank You
Tushar.somaiya@shuhariagile.com
Tushar.somaiya@gmail.com
@tusharsomaiya
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