Distributed scrum keys to success

Olha Moroz9/15/2010

Distributed Scrum – Keys to Successby Olha Moroz Project Manager, SoftServe

Statistics

What’s the deal?

Distance Culture

Time Language

The Team

Dev Team QA Team

Support Dev Managers

QA Manager Product Managers

Dev Team QA Team

Support Project Manager

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The Team

Dev Team QA Team

Support Dev Managers

QA Manager Product Managers

Dev Team QA Team

Support Project Manager

4 Hours of

Overlap

Fully Distributed Scrum

Different Locations

Single Sprint Backlog

Shared Code Ownership

Cross - Functional

Single Sprint Goal

Fully Distributed Scrum

DevQA

DevQA

PO

SM

DevQA

DevQA

DevQA

DevQA

DevQA

DevQA

PO PO PO

SM

SM

SM

UA

US

Key 1 – Common Vision

Domain Knowledge

Real Users

Release Dates

Competitors

Market Needs

Key 2 – Right People

Flexible to the Change

Ready to Learn

Not Afraid of Challenges

Agile!

Team Players

Key 3 – Education

Basic Knowledge

Initial Training

Coaching Program

On Site Kick-off

Assessment

Key 4 – Language

Listen and Hear

Talk

Understand

Key 5 – Communication

On Site Visits

Video on Each Meeting

Whole Team on Each Meeting

Tools

Daily Updates

Key 6 – Socializing and Culture

Personal Relationships

Equality

Key 7 – Visibility and Transparency

Shared Tools

Shared Definition of Done

Shared Sprint Backlog

Expertise

Scrum of Scrums

Key 8 – Infrastructure

Shared Codebase

Continuous Integration

Daily Builds

Test Automation

Hardware and Software

Key 9 – Product Owner

Key 10 – Adjustment

Adjust Work Hours

Team Culture and Standards

Team Conventions and Agreements

Master Key – Common Sense

The Art of Possible

Achievements

Increased Communication

Improved Estimation

Better at Planning, Tracking and Changing Priorities

More Context

Responsibility and Ownership

Thank you!

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself”

Henry Ford