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How to Survive the Zombie Scrum Apocalypse
JohannesSchartau
The Rise of Zombie Scrum
Impending apocalypse or misunderstood hipster movement?
Safety First!
HistorySymptoms
CausesTreatment
Agenda
A Short History of Zombie Scrum
Chhhhhaaaaannnnngeeee …
2003
2007
2011
2015
2018
Safety First!
Interview with a Zombie
Symptoms of Zombie Scrum
Symptom #1 No beating heart (of working software)
Symptom #2 No (desire for) contact with the outside world
Symptom #3 No emotional response to success or failure
Symptom #4 No drive to improve
Causes of Zombie Scrum
Tell a story of a time when you witnessed Zombie Scrum symptoms! What happened?
Critical Incident Interviews
Causes of Zombie Scrum
CEO
Plan Build Test & Run
Program Management
Business Unit 1
Business Unit 2
Test Team
Deployment Team
Dev Team 2
Dev Team 1
Be agile!
Formal Structure
CIO
Organizational Chart
Informal Structure
Relational Coordination Mappinghttp://heller.brandeis.edu/executive-education/pdfs/Jan2014MassMedDocs/JodyHofferGittell/JODYPRESENTATION602HGittell.pdf
Development
Test
UI/UX
Marketing
PO
Customers
Scrum (n): A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.
The Scrum Guide
Example of Healthy Scrum
Value Stream Visualization
Example of Zombie Scrum
Value Stream Visualization
corr(length feedback loop, zombification) = 0.8
Today, we fight back!
How to Treat Zombie Scrum
What is your boldest-yet-actionable idea for fighting Zombie Scrum as an individual or as a community?25/10 Crowd Sourcing
How to Treat Zombie Scrum
The Zombie Scrum First Aid Kit
Treatment #1 Take responsibility
Treatment #2 Take stock of your surroundings
Customer collaborationBuild things people need
Team collaborationCollaborate and improve
Integration, testing, deploymentShip it fast
Treatment #3 Look for other survivors
Social Network Webbinghttp://www.liberatingstructures.com/23-social-network-webbing/
Treatment #4 Revive the dead
Customer collaborationBuild things people need
Treatment #5 Outpace the lifeless
Integration, testing, deploymentShip it fast
Last ResortRun!
Time for Action
What are two or three small actions you can take personally to stop the spread of Zombie Scrum in your community?15% Solutions
Liberating Structures
Critical Incident Interviews25/10 Crowd Sourcing
15% Solutions
liberatingstructures.com
Christiaan [email protected]
@chrisverwijs
Johannes [email protected]
@IntegralAgile
Barry [email protected]
@BarryOvereem
Join The Fight!Read more at:zombiescrum.org
