{"id":929,"date":"2020-11-11T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ict-improve.nl\/?post_type=knowledge_center&#038;p=929"},"modified":"2021-01-22T10:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:36:30","slug":"getting-energy-out-of-scrum-brainport-talentbox-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_center","link":"https:\/\/staging.ict-improve.nl\/en\/knowledge_center\/getting-energy-out-of-scrum-brainport-talentbox-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting energy out of Scrum, Brainport Talentbox, May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"929\" class=\"elementor elementor-929\" data-elementor-post-type=\"knowledge_center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2565b89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2565b89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35d5ffb0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d3d1119\" data-id=\"5d3d1119\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bb62616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bb62616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting energy out of Scrum, Brainport Talentbox, May 2017<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db1d629 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db1d629\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40b2f4b7\" data-id=\"40b2f4b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cebf028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cebf028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eric Elich, May 2017<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47df0a88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47df0a88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eric Elich (53) is Agile Consultant at Improve Quality Services, a subsidiary company of the Dutch ICT Group for training, consultancy and interim services in the area of IT quality. Eric is specialized in Scrum, a software development framework that is known for its iterative, flexible character and self-organizing, cross-functional teams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-933d9ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"933d9ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He guides companies during the implementation of Scrum, holds assessments and coaches Scrum teams. \u201cIf you implement it well, Scrum results in effective software development and everyone involved gets a lot of energy out of it.\u201d<\/p><p>Improve Quality Services offers IT training, consultancy and staffing of agile testers and agile coaches. Since 2008 the company is part of the Dutch ICT Group in Brainport Eindhoven. Eric Elich has worked for the company for several years. \u201cAfter I got my Bachelor of Science I started working as a software developer,\u201d Eric explains. \u201cLater I became project leader and also worked as an integration manager. My work was all about the quality of the product and the development process and that appealed to me. Since 2008 I work as a test manager at Improve Quality Services in Eindhoven. Next to being a test manager I have been a Scrum master for four years and an agile coach for over a year.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec03151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec03151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agile approach of software development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f2875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4f2875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cSince I started working about thirty years ago, things have changed in the field of software development. As an agile coach I train and guide Scrum teams at several large companies. Agile can be best described as a mindset. It was introduced by a couple of independent software practitioners from the west in 2001, among whom were Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schwaber and Martin Fowler. They had written the Agile Manifesto aimed at developing software in a pragmatic way in close cooperation with the business. They had positive experiences with rapid software development practices and translated this into 4 values and 12 principles. The agile mindset was born.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7762887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7762887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fast delivery in short cycles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f788086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f788086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe Agile mindset is about developing well-functioning pieces of software within short periods of time by learning and adapting quickly. Scrum is a practice which is in line with the agile mindset. It is all about fast delivery in short cycles with direct feedback from the customer and direct response to change. And what is also very important, in this process developers and testers communicate directly with business representatives in order to specify, translate and adjust demands.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c41f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4c41f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Able to adjust product or process quickly<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a7de82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a7de82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIn contrast to waterfall or linear software development you have the chance and ability to quickly adjust the product or process. If people in the business know exactly what they want, then Scrum is not necessarily the right approach but most of the time they do not know exactly what the outcome should be. Then Scrum is the approach you should embrace. It is an iterative process in which a real product is delivered in small steps which is potentially shippable to the customer. Since it is visible and usable it leads to less misinterpreting or misunderstanding. In this way valuable feedback is gathered much faster than in a traditional way of development where in the beginning you only have some documents or prototype of the product.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f5c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71f5c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Short iterations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf572a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cf572a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cAnother reason for using Scrum is when developers are not sure about what the business\u2019 demand is. In short iterations the development team asks feedback to ensure that the delivered product has the correct and expected value. These short iterations are more predictable than complete product developments, that can take up to a year or more. What is planned in the iteration is predictable, but what will be delivered after several iterations depends on the adaptations made by the business after analyzing the feedback.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95c8aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95c8aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scrum Framework<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eabbc89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eabbc89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWhen you work according to the Scrum Framework, you plan software development sprints that vary from one to four weeks. After those weeks you deliver a potentially shippable product that complies with the acceptance criteria that everyone involved has agreed upon. During a sprint the team has several meetings: a daily stand-up, a refinement session, a review, planning and a sprint retrospective for evaluation purposes.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0320f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0320f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scrum team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9823ad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9823ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cA Scrum team consists of a Product Owner who represents the business, a Scrum Master who guides the Scrum process and a development team. The development team is cross-functional and should contain all skills needed to create the potentially shippable product. It mostly consists of 7 people. The Product Owner represents the business and has a mandate to fill the product backlog with user stories. This backlog contains all changes and wishes that the business wants and all technical changes that are needed to create those wishes. Think of new features, bug fixes, building a new platform and wishes for functionalities that are not quite clear yet.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f34e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f34e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work together closely<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68cfdb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68cfdb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cEach day the Scrum team has a stand-up, a short session during which topics are discussed like: \u2018what have you done yesterday?\u2019, \u2018what are you going to do today?\u2019 and \u2018what obstacles are in your way?\u2019. To be able to deliver a product in time the members of a team need to work together continuously. Therefore, all team members must be willing to help each other. The sprint goal is a team effort, not a set of individual tasks. This requires team values. Developers sometimes have a tendency to keep the software for themselves till the end of the sprint, but now they have to involve the testers right from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53893a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53893a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specific set of skills required<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef9835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ef9835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"justify\">\u201cDuring a refinement session the development team sits together with the Product Owner to refine the highest prioritized user stories. Or in other words the Product Owner explains the demand for functionalities as a user would describe them. The development team must gain enough information to understand why, what and how it must be developed. This way of working demands certain skills from developers and testers. It requires creativity and good communication skills. Old-style developers do not always like this way of working. Some of them would rather just have a list of requirements handed to them that they can work on.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">In my role as an agile coach I make the effect of the way the team works visible and help the individual team members and the team as a whole to improve it. The user story should be an \u201cinvitation to conversation\u201d, but what I often see is that it already contains too much technical information.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105c7cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"105c7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Define exact requirements while talking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b66b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b66b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI will illustrate what my expectation of a refinement session is by a case. Imagine that someone has an online bookstore. He wants to reward good customers who regularly buy books by giving them a discount. The user story would be something like \u2018As a user I get a discount when I regularly buy books online, so users are attracted to buy more books\u2019. Questions developers should ask are: \u2018how many books do they have to buy exactly before they are rewarded by a discount?\u2019. The product owner then determines that a buyer has to buy for example five books. Follow-up question would be how much discount the buyer gets exactly, or in what period of time the user must buy five books. In this way the exact requirements are defined while talking. This way of working is much more satisfying than documents being handed over from one person to the other. I often saw that these documents were interpreted instead of clarified or discussed with the business in direct communication.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6cd17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d6cd17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entire organization needs to embrace Scrum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e322e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e322e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cA lot of large companies want to adapt Scrum from a software development point of view, but if you want to apply Scrum in a successful way it is really necessary that the entire company embraces Scrum. Managers need to let go of control and Scrum teams have to reach a certain degree of maturity in order to be able to have focus, work efficient, be productive and be self-organized. It requires courage, respect, support and trust.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb12424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb12424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scrum teams that are totally self-managing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ab7d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ab7d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cSpotify is an example of an organization that has implemented working with Scrum on a large scale. Scrum has reached an extremely high level of maturity within that organization. At Spotify Scrum teams decide for themselves what additional skills and expertise are needed within the team. They are totally self-organized and even self-managing in the way they compose their team.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9168d3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9168d3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scrum leads to more energy and fun<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8064a38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8064a38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cScrum is something you need to implement in a solid way. It requires discipline if you want to do it right. A good Scrum Master or agile coach is extremely valuable. If you implement Scrum in the right way, it offers a company great advantages. You get fully operational products within short amounts of time with real business value. Furthermore, the development teams are more involved and part of the creation process of the complete product. Being self-organized with the trust of the company, knowing why they need to create it and the direct feedback of what they created, results in a lot more fun and energy. Celebrating successes is key to this.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c563834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c563834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Freedom and responsibility<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd3c4bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd3c4bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThis is also why I like Scrum. I love being involved with people, coaching them, training them. When I see that my guidance helps the team in understanding why they need certain skills and they are really improving, then I get inspired by them. I am also a great proponent of people being responsible for their own tasks, processes and goals. It gives them a lot of freedom and you see that it leads to a common feeling of being responsible. Something which is absolutely necessary for Scrum to work. If you are implementing Scrum do it right immediately. Have the courage to just do it but with the guidance of experienced coaches or Scrum Masters, learn and adapt. Use the successes of the Scrum team to release the energy throughout the organization. So get that energy and infect your environment!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bf5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88bf5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Eric Elich works at Improve Quality Services, a subsidiary company of ICT-Group which is situated in the Dutch Brainport Eindhoven Region. A place where technology and IT are used to solve societal challenges. 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