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FROM SPECIFICATION TO COLLABORATION
one agency’s move to scrumStephanie El-Hajj
WHAT IS SCRUM?
WHO DOES SCRUM?
THIS ISNT A HOW-TO TALK
(sorry)
What we’ve learnedWhat we do
How it’s worked for our team
Hi, I’m Stephanie
Project ManagerAmazee Labs Austin, Texas
Zurich, Switzerland
Austin, Texas
Cape Town, South Africa
Mostly Waterfall
Kinda Scrum, and remote
Also kinda Scrum
Vacation disruption/guilt
Single point of failure
Tasks bottleneckPROBLEMS WITH KNOWLEDGE LIVING ONLY IN ONE BRAIN
No tribal knowledge
On-boarding time suck
Sprint Start
Sprint End
Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start
Sprint End Sprint End Sprint End Sprint End Sprint End
Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start Sprint Start
Sprint End Sprint End Sprint End Sprint End Sprint EndX
WHAT WE DID ABOUT IT
2 teams
1 team
1 team
UNLEARN WHAT YOU
KNOW
WHAT CHANGED?
Team Testing
Scrum MasterRestructure Meetings
Story Points
Team Involvement
We talked to our clients and got client buy-in.
And then we trained them, too.
Sprint Start
Sprint End
Sprint Start
Sprint End✓
Sprint Estimation
Sprint Planning
Sprint Starts
Daily Standup Daily Standup
Daily Standup Daily Standup
*Backlog Grooming
Daily Standup
Sprint Estimation
Daily Standup
Sprint Board Review
Daily Standup
Daily Standup Sprint Retrospective
Client Demos
Bye-bye “Telephone”
Everyone attends meetings*
Estimating in ‘Annas’
Backlog Groomingeverybody makes tickets
acceptance criteria
definition of done
split tickets
make new tickets
priority - priority - priority
What business value does this provide? What are you hoping to accomplish?
What must be part of delivery?
We don’t write User Stories
JIRA
BLUE-143
PINK BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW PURPLE ATX Unassigned PINK
PINK-33
PINK-34
PINK-36
YELLOW-02
GREEN-92
GREEN-104
YELLOW-03
Make the slider blue
Remove zero option facets
Buy Hardware
Review migration fields
Implement new Person content type
Change asset field to have three options
Images aren’t loading on the homepage slideshow
Make Case Study teasers editable
GREEN-99
PINK-35
ATX-892
PINK-36
ZRH-45
Implement Publications node
Finalize IA
Finalize Christmas Card
Spin up Dev Site
Implement translation nodequeue on Sales pages
Scrum & Coke Sprint 22
S&C Preferred for Sprint 23
Migration
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
ATX-802
ATX-923
ZRH-45
Work on FL logo and design
Improve D8 Starter with PL
Implement colorbox on department pages
Backlog
BLUE-143
PINK BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW PURPLE ATX Unassigned PINK
PINK-33
PINK-34
PINK-36
YELLOW-02
GREEN-92
GREEN-104
YELLOW-03
Make the slider blue
Remove zero option facets
Buy Hardware
Review migration fields
Implement new Person content type
Change asset field to have three options
Images aren’t loading on the homepage slideshow
Make Case Study teasers editable
GREEN-99
PINK-35
ATX-892
PINK-36
ZRH-45
Implement Publications node
Finalize IA
Finalize Christmas Card
Spin up Dev Site
Implement translation nodequeue on Sales pages
Scrum & Coke Sprint 22
S&C Preferred for Sprint 23
Migration
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
ATX-802
ATX-923
ZRH-45
Work on FL logo and design
Improve D8 Starter with PL
Implement colorbox on department pages
Backlog
BLUE-143
PINK BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW PURPLE ATX Unassigned PINK
PINK-33
PINK-34
PINK-36
YELLOW-02
GREEN-92
GREEN-104
YELLOW-03
Make the slider blue
Remove zero option facets
Buy Hardware
Review migration fields
Implement new Person content type
Change asset field to have three options
Images aren’t loading on the homepage slideshow
Make Case Study teasers editable
GREEN-99
PINK-35
ATX-892
PINK-36
ZRH-45
Implement Publications node
Finalize IA
Finalize Christmas Card
Spin up Dev Site
Implement translation nodequeue on Sales pages
Scrum & Coke Sprint 22
S&C Preferred for Sprint 23
Migration
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
ATX-802
ATX-923
ZRH-45
Work on FL logo and design
Improve D8 Starter with PL
Implement colorbox on department pages
Backlog
HOW CRITICAL IS IT?
RETROSPECTIVE ≠ STITCH + BITCH
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TESTING
TESTING TESTING
PINK BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW PURPLE ATX Unassigned PINK
BLUE-143Remove zero option facets
Images aren’t loading on the homepage slideshow
GREEN-104
Buy Hardware
PINK-33
Touchscreen
Review migration fields
PINK-34
Migration
Implement new Person content type
PINK-36
Change asset field to have three options
YELLOW-02
Make Case Study teasers editable
YELLOW-03
Make the slider blue
GREEN-92
Change the site to Wordpress
YELLOW-12
HOW TEAM COMMUNICATION CHANGED
ALATX - T SWIZZLE / SWZ-32Update the company cups for Christmas - NOT RED
sending back, they’re not loving the red
aha, swifty’s fans only use iOS, will test harder on
testing link: http://starbuckslovers.dev.us1.compact.amazee.io
meetings that don’t suck
HOW REMOTE COLLABORATION CHANGED
CLIENT
HOW OUR PROPOSALS CHANGED
Estimations are Estimations*
Establish a baseline
*Cost not Guaranteed
Let’s talk about Scrum
PUT IT IN WRITING
WHO PAYS FOR SCRUM?
hint: everyone
Line item: Strategy & Planning
TAKEAWAYS
Better testing Better product
Clear Communication
Clear Expectations
Efficiency (amazee.io)
Team Confidence
Clients Happy
Team is invested in
final product
Scrum
Scrum
Scrum
WE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER
