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Onboarding Workshop

Introduction to Scrum

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About Me

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Training Topics

  • Process
  • Tools
  • Meetings

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  • Roles
  • Benefits
  • Resources

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How It Works

Terms

  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Sprint
  • User Story
  • Backlog

Step 1

2

Develop

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Demo

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Release

5

Repeat

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Define

Agile

“Scrum”

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Communication Tools

  • Kanban Board
  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Impediment List

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User Stories

  • As a {type of user}
  • I want to {perform a task}
  • So that I can {accomplish a goal}

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Acceptance Criteria & Definition of Done

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Activity

Kanban Board

Use white boards to create a kanban board for how to organize an employer site visit.

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Meetings

Daily Standup (typically 15 mins)

  • Each person reports 1) progress 2) issues and 3) upcoming priorities
  • Other topics or additional discussion should be tabled for separate one-off conversations

Sprint Planning (typically 1-2 hours, as needed)

  • Establish sprint priorities and goals
  • Discuss user stories to make assignments and determine appropriate workload

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Meetings

Sprint Review Demo (typically 30-60 mins, as needed)

  • Review sprint progress to sign off on priorities user stories
  • Demo accomplishments provides opportunity to gather additional feedback

Sprint Retrospective (typically 30 mins)

  • Discuss and celebrate sprint accomplishments
  • Identify and document actionable areas for improvement during next sprint

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Example 2-Week Sprint Meeting Schedule

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Daily Standup

Sprint Planning

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Daily Standup

Sprint Review Demo

Daily Standup

Sprint Retrospective

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... next sprint

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Activity

Daily Standup

Form groups of 3-5 people and in less than 1 min have each person share

  • 1 recent accomplishment
  • 1 risk or issue
  • 1 upcoming priority

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Scrum Team Roles

Role

Product Owner

Team Member

Community Engagement student & Primary Investigator

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  • Represents client by prioritizing product & sprint backlog with understanding of vision & goals
  • Communicates as the primary point of contact “POC” between team and client
  • Contributes during the Daily Standup, Sprint Review Demo and Sprint Retrospective

Role

Scrum Master

Team Member

Community Engagement student & Primary Investigator

  • Coaches team to success by leading meetings, tracking progress & pursuing improvements
  • Resolves issues and mitigates risks such as Agile Developer workload
  • Prioritizes product backlog with the Product Owner

Role

Agile Developers

Team Member

Data Science & Community Engagement students

  • Completes tasks assigned, including initial user story testing to meet the acceptance criteria
  • Contributes during the Daily Standup, Sprint Review Demo and Sprint Retrospective
  • Provides technical leadership, finding innovative solutions and managing efforts in GitHub

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Activity

Responsibilities Game

Based on your role, hold up the card that best reflects your involvement with the task or situation

  • Responsible
  • Consulted
  • Informed

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Benefits of Scrum / Agile

More Efficient | More Effective | More Fun

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  • Avoids rework by prioritizing in response to change
  • Better results through collaboration and iteration
  • Fewer boring meetings means more time for doing

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Keep Learning

NPR’s Hidden Brain

Design Thinking

bit.ly/podcastScrum

“Big Rocks” Analogy

Time Management

bit.ly/articlebigrocks

Podcast

Article

TEDx Talk

Agile Development

bit.ly/videoTEDagile

Video

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