Agile Simulation in 75 Minutes

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An Agile Simulation in 75 Minutes

An Agile Simulation

© 2009 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved

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Objectives

►Walk through the mechanics of an Agile project (using Scrum)

►Demonstrate Agile techniquesRelease planningSprint planningDaily stand upsBurn downs & burn ups

►Discuss emergent behaviors in the simulation

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The Game

► You will be given a hypothetical product to build over a series of iterations

► The goal is to realize as much value as possible► Each team will have the following designated roles

Product Owner Scrum Master Developers Analysts Testers Consultants

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Our Competition!

Our goal is to penetrate the online restaurant reservation market

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Game Mechanics

Measure progress & value delivered

TeamCommits to do work and plans

their sprint

ScrumMasterFacilitates process

& daily stand up

Product OwnerPrioritizes

features to deliver to maximize value

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The Product Owner

►Responsible for choosing what features the team will under take

►Responsible for deciding within an iteration if a feature should be added or dropped

►Responsible for tracking the value earned by the project

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The Scrum Master

►Responsible for facilitating the team as they plan each sprint

►Responsible for the daily stand up►Responsible for ensuring the sprint burn

down is maintained►Responsible for managing the team’s

time

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Analysts, Developers, and QA Engineers

► Individual contributors►Do the work of the sprint►Teams should have 2 of each

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Consultants (will be used as needed)

►Observe one or more teams►Share observations at the end of each

round

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Sprint Planning & Prep



their sprint


& daily stand up



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Product Backlog

ID Feature Size Value PriorityUS01 Search by Name 3 100 Must HaveUS02 Search by Location 3 100 Must Have

US03 Search by Type 2 100 Must Have

US04Search by User Ratings 5 400

US05 Advanced Search 8 400

PriorityYou can not release until

you deliver all “must have” features

ValueEach feature has a quantified value that will be earned if they

launch with that feature

SizeEach feature has a relative measure of the amount of work

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Sprint Planning

►The product owner should determine what features are most important to deliver

►The team should determine how much they can deliver

►Build a “sprint backlog”

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Plan Your Sprint

► Assume you have a velocity of 18 points► We should start with the “must have” items

ID Feature Size Value PriorityUS1 Check Availability 5 300 Must Have

US2 Enter Reservation 5 200 Must Have

US3 Search by Location 3 200 Must Have

US4 Enter Restaurant Info 5 200 Must Have

Total 18 900

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Build the Task Board

Story Task Est. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5US1 – Check Availability

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 8US2 – Enter Reservation

Analysis 6Dev 6

Testing 8US3 – Search by Location

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 6US4 – Enter Restaurant Info

Analysis 4Dev 6

Testing 5US5 – Email Confirmation

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 6

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Sprint Burn Down (Day 0)

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The Sprint



their sprint


& daily stand up



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Game Mechanics

► Each round will consist of 5 turns (days)

► For each day, the team will do a stand up and complete work

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Daily Stand Up & Doing Work

► Each team member will determine what type of activity they will do (Analysis, Development, Testing) More than one person may work on a task Once you finish the first task (ie, Analysis) for a story, you may go

on to the next (ie Development) within the same day Anyone working out of their specialty works at 50% effectiveness

► Work completed is determined by rolling a 4-sided die The amount you roll is the hours of work you complete To begin with, you can only work on your specialty You may allocate your hours of work across whatever tasks you

like of the proper type (analysis work for analysis tasks, etc.)

► As people progress, update the remaining work in the sprint task board & burn down chart

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Sprint Burn Down

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Build the Task Board – Day 1Story Task Est. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5US1 – Check Availability

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 8US2 – Enter Reservation

Analysis 6Dev 6

Testing 8US3 – Search by Location

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 6US4 – Enter Restaurant Info

Analysis 4Dev 6

Testing 5US5 – Email Confirmation

Analysis 4Dev 4

Testing 6US6 – Register

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Round 1 – Let’s try our first sprint

► Goal: this session will be your first sprint► As you go through this round, what strategies are effective and

ineffective► What role does your ScrumMaster play?► How similar or different is this from the way you currently do a

project?

If you finish before the other teams, reflect on these questions and hold a retrospective

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Sprint Feedback



their sprint


& daily stand up



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Team Velocity

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Release Burn Up

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Value Burn Up

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Game Mechanics



their sprint


& daily stand up



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Round 2 – Get a Release

► Goal: Deliver as much value as possible while completing the “Must Have” features so that you can release.

► This is not a competition, but there will be a winner

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Thank You!

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www.bigvisible.com

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