WELCOME

SCRUM IN REAL LIFE

WHO AM I?

PER JESSEN SCHMIDT

• CEO & Co-Founder of smilla¨reads
• Founder of Extroscope
• Worked with IT 30+ years
• Hands-on, methods & technology+business
• Worked with agile & scrum for 15+ years

WHAT IS IT WE WANT?

SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

WHAT WE WANT

• Product, solution or service
• Customer satisfaction
• Earn as much as possible
• Beat the competition
• Immaterial values like quality

WHAT WE GET

• Products, solutions & services that sucks or nobody wants
• Time and budget overruns
• High maintenance cost because of bugs and bad performance
• Unhappy employees
• Sometimes nothing at all

WHY!?

REASONS FOR FAILURES

• Unclear goals & no commitment
• Communication
• The world changes, so does priorities
• Team dynamics & lack of skills
• No validation & user input

THE VALUE OF THE SPOKEN WORD

LOST IN TRANSLATION

TEAM COMMUNICATION EXERCISE

• Form teams
• Team roles
• Preparation
• Execution
• Evaluate and adapt

SCRUM & HUMAN BEHAVIOR

COMMON ISSUES THAT SCRUM TACKLES

• Lack of business value & validation
• Quality issues, fear driven development
• Uncertainty
• Lack goals & focus
• Lack of motivation & bad team work

SCRUM

IMPORTANT

SCRUM IS NOT A SILVER BULLET

• Follow the framework or don't do it
• If you make tweaks, know why
• Always try to qualify and quantify your decisions
• It can take several month before you see the full benefits
• The whole organization most buy in

TOOLS

CONCLUSION

Q&A

CONTACT

• dk.linkedin.com/in/perjessenschmidt
• @perjschmidt on twitter

THATS IT FOLKS