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"correct" Scrum. Hmm.
I have been implement Scrum and Agile for over 10 years in multiple
environments. The notion of correctness, IMPO, wraps the Nokia checklist in
a simpler and more pervasive measure. Can you show sustainable, measurable
improvement in the following three areas. Customer loyalty, a reduction in
bugs, and a iterative improvement in the capability of the team (not just
each individual getting better!).
Customer loyalty can be measured - along with a reduction in bugs by
tracking the issues that come from the customer. When the ratio of bugs to
enhancement requests is greater than even you are, IMPO, gaining customer
loyalty because they are taking the time to tell you how to make them
better. So listen. When you reach a point where they ask you to slow down
delivery because they cannot absorb all the new great stuff, you know that
they are really using your stuff. This last item also tells you that the
team's capability has improved to the point they are meeting customer
capacity for change.
Now the real question is can a team do this? It depends on who self
identifies with the team and what the team has as its goals and backlog.
Admittedly my focus has shifted from what 5 - 7 people do and has grown to
what 5 - 7 teams can do over the life of a product. But that is what Scrum
really is - a way of doing business. And thus correct scrum is a business
way of life.
Mike Dwyer
Principal, Agile Coach
BigVisible Solutions
url: http://www.bigvisible.com <http://www.bigvisible.com/>
cell: (978) 376-4422
email: mdwyer@... <mailto:asingh@...>
From: lanehalley [mailto:Lane@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:46 PM
To: agile-usability@...
Subject: [agile-usability] Re: Does your Scrum team pass the Scrum test used
at Nokia? Try it.
I'd be curious to know the opinion of this group, do the elements in
this survey really define "correct Scrum" from your perspective?
thanks!
-lane
--- In agile-usability@...
<mailto:agile-usability%40yahoogroups.com> , "Robin Dymond"
<robin.dymond@...> wrote:
>
> A basic pass / fail test was developed at Nokia to understand if the
> many teams were implementing Scrum correctly. You can take this test
> by clicking on the link below.
>
> I will aggregate the results and email them to you if you are
> interested. I will present the results back to the Agile/Scrum
> community for discussion once we have 1000 responses.
>
> Please forward this email to other teams so we can get as many
> responses as possible.
>
> The test:
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p_DGqV8jkE4Wmpir24Xt8Zg
>
> cheers,
> Robin Dymond.
> --
> Robin Dymond, CST
> Managing Partner, Innovel, LLC.
> www.innovel.net
> www.scrumtraining.com
> (804) 239-4329
>
I have been implement Scrum and Agile for over 10 years in multiple
environments. The notion of correctness, IMPO, wraps the Nokia checklist in
a simpler and more pervasive measure. Can you show sustainable, measurable
improvement in the following three areas. Customer loyalty, a reduction in
bugs, and a iterative improvement in the capability of the team (not just
each individual getting better!).
Customer loyalty can be measured - along with a reduction in bugs by
tracking the issues that come from the customer. When the ratio of bugs to
enhancement requests is greater than even you are, IMPO, gaining customer
loyalty because they are taking the time to tell you how to make them
better. So listen. When you reach a point where they ask you to slow down
delivery because they cannot absorb all the new great stuff, you know that
they are really using your stuff. This last item also tells you that the
team's capability has improved to the point they are meeting customer
capacity for change.
Now the real question is can a team do this? It depends on who self
identifies with the team and what the team has as its goals and backlog.
Admittedly my focus has shifted from what 5 - 7 people do and has grown to
what 5 - 7 teams can do over the life of a product. But that is what Scrum
really is - a way of doing business. And thus correct scrum is a business
way of life.
Mike Dwyer
Principal, Agile Coach
BigVisible Solutions
url: http://www.bigvisible.com <http://www.bigvisible.com/>
cell: (978) 376-4422
email: mdwyer@... <mailto:asingh@...>
From: lanehalley [mailto:Lane@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:46 PM
To: agile-usability@...
Subject: [agile-usability] Re: Does your Scrum team pass the Scrum test used
at Nokia? Try it.
I'd be curious to know the opinion of this group, do the elements in
this survey really define "correct Scrum" from your perspective?
thanks!
-lane
--- In agile-usability@...
<mailto:agile-usability%40yahoogroups.com> , "Robin Dymond"
<robin.dymond@...> wrote:
>
> A basic pass / fail test was developed at Nokia to understand if the
> many teams were implementing Scrum correctly. You can take this test
> by clicking on the link below.
>
> I will aggregate the results and email them to you if you are
> interested. I will present the results back to the Agile/Scrum
> community for discussion once we have 1000 responses.
>
> Please forward this email to other teams so we can get as many
> responses as possible.
>
> The test:
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p_DGqV8jkE4Wmpir24Xt8Zg
>
> cheers,
> Robin Dymond.
> --
> Robin Dymond, CST
> Managing Partner, Innovel, LLC.
> www.innovel.net
> www.scrumtraining.com
> (804) 239-4329
>
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