Moving to Agile: what are the

changes and how to deal with

them

Vaida Masiulionytė

About me…

• Project manager, business analyst, scrum

master

• Lecturer at Vilnius University

•

• Board member of association

Unwritten rules

http://brainslink.com/2012

/10/30-questions-proving-

that-scrum-is-harder-

than-it-looks/

Team

work

[KOMIKSAS]

Project

• Divide project into

parts

• Think only about

that part which you

are implementing

now

Time planning

• Enough time for

sprint

planning

• Learn to divide

user

stories into small

tasks

• Evaluate tasks

realistically

Tasks

planning

• Plan documents

preparation

as a task

• Include testing

and

bug fixing

into task list

New tasks in the middle

of sprint

Not one project at a

time ?• Do projects sprint by sprint

OR

• Divide week into

two parts

for e.g. one sprint

3 days a week,

duration 3 weeks.

Team

respon-

sability

Progress tracking

• Burndown is for the team, not for

managers

• Burndown tracking is good motivation for

the team

Client and team

• Bring team to the client:

– Team will better understand client’s

requirements and changes

– Client will see that you really

care about his problem

Changes

Do not be

afraid of

small

changes

Scrum is good for…

Managers

– Project on

budget and

on time

Team– Quick result

– More

freedom for

decision

making

– More fun

Clients– Tries the

project

functionality

early

– Quality

– Project on

time

And the project is…

People warning and informing system

www.vpgt.lt

?

Thank you