The Soul of Scrum

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The Soul of Scrum

Olaf Lewitz, Christoph Mathis

Scrum Gathering Berlin, 2014

Olaf Lewitz Trust ArKst You Deserve To Love What You Do. Scrum Coach (CSC)

Christoph Mathis Scrum Coach (CSC), Scrum Trainer (CST), Change Agent

We want to re-‐base to the Scrum basics of

* Focus, * Alignment, * Ar@ul Making, * Self-‐OrganisaBon, and * Rhythm.

… share our understanding of Scrum as a transformaBonal container, unleashing people's creaBve potenBal to develop great products, together.

… get back to the heart of Scrum, and Agile.

ConnecKon Exercise

Our MoKvaKon

Tobias’ Theses• what is Scrum

• why arWul making

• people system or process framework

shu-ha-ri

Tobias talks on RI-‐level how do we get there?

About Learning Levelsrecipes

dont panic1: Novices

start trying things

start accepting advice

there is no big picture

2: advanced beginners

start trouble shooting

erste initiativen

can mentor novices

3: competent

need big picture

can self correct

case studies, experience: can learn from others

4: proficient

intuition5: expert

Lernstufen

Lernstufen - 15.06.11 - Mindjet

ScrumButScrumScrumBut Agile Nirvana

The Scrum DudeSchedule MeeKngs List impediments

Scrum MomModerator Takes care of things Diagnose and decide Acts as interface to the team Evades conflict SKll Bossy, does not really trust the team Imposes methodology

True Scrum MasterTrainer Mentor Facilitator MoKvator Team gardener Involves everyone Progressively delegates InnovaKon Deals with conflict Change agent Agile evangelist Servant leader

Scrum SenseiListen Master silence Ask Be a mirror

source: Angel Medinilla h7p://de.slideshare.net/proyectalis

Scrum Master Maturity

Exercise: Team development levels

Agile EvoluKonCriteria'Catalog'

Assessment'

Impact'Analysis'&'Priori5za5on''

Ac5on'Items'

Lead? Teach!

Scaling -‐ a different fronKer

Principles and Frameworks

Ask the Team Inspect and Adapt Deliver every Sprint Treat People as Adults

Tobias’ Arguments

There is no formula, no prescripKon, no defined set of steps. Scrum does not tell you how to do Scrum.

Work is fun. We don’t require water cooler moments and cigare7e breaks in order to exercise our deep, human need for conversaKon, for interacKon. In Scrum we live this way. All day, every day.

We can stop being vicKms of process and start being warriors of change.

Self-‐OrganisaKon is anarchic. Well-‐funcKoning, self-‐organised teams will request leaders as needed.

Catastrophic change comes about when people discover their own truth, by pushing their own and others’ comfort zones to the limit, by taking risks, embracing failure and walking through fear.

Seed the lowest level of the organizaKon with agents of passion: educate them, nurture them, make knowledge available, have conversaKons, share stories, laugh, agitate and ask difficult quesKons. Be unafraid. Change will be much slower, but it will be real and yes, it may well be catastrophic.

Agile is a compassionate form of anarchy—a gentle movement away from hierarchical, controlling structures toward collaboraKve, self-‐organized ones.

Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern (…). Each team should be autonomous except in ma7ers affecKng other teams or the organizaKon as a whole. Each team has but one primary purpose— to build an increment of product in every iteraKon and deliver it to the customer (who is possibly suffering!).

Soul of Scrum: Focus, Alignment, ArWul Making, Self-‐OrganisaKon, and Rhythm

Scrum is a means to break rules. How can we explain it without rules?

Idea: Liquid Scrum

Scrum as a set of Choices:

One constraint

Three Focused Interests

A list of opBons

Constrain the System

Timebox of two weeks

"Scrum only makes one promise: it enables you to fail in 30 days or less."

Scrum is not a soluBon. It's a looking glass for the shit under the carpet. It gives us the choice to do something about it, or not.

Focused InterestsRoles are "not my problem" rules.

We will not win as a team if we're not responsible together.

Do the right thing.

Do things right.

Get beSer and beSer every day.

OpKons To TryDeliver.

Visualize your work.

Reflect.

Experiment.

Focus.

Reflect.

The Soul of Scrum

Leadership & Management