Qcon multi team sprint planning
- 1. Multi-team sprint planning QCon Beijing 2009-04-07 Henrik Kniberg Agile & Lean coach at Crisp, Stockholm http://www.crisp.se/henrik.kniberg Architect & developer Mostly Java Manager CTO at three IT companies ≈40 developers Author Scrum and XP from the Trenches >100,000 readers, translated to 7 languages Coach & teacher Agile & lean coach Work with Jeff Sutherland & Mary Poppendieck Regularly speak at international conferences
- 2. Scrum topology PO Product 1 1-* Product 1 1-* Team Owner Backlog Henrik Kniberg 2
- 3. Scrum topology PO Product 1 1-* Product 1 1-* Team Owner Backlog PO 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 PO 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 PO 2 2 2 CPO PO Henrik Kniberg
- 4. How to form teams? Henrik Kniberg 4
- 5. Case 1: Bootstrapping agile teams Who defines the teams? Option 1: Teams defined centrally + Works + Fast - Lack of buy-in - Doesn’t harness collective knowledge Option 2: Teams form themselves from scratch + Harnesses collective knowledge + Buy-in - Slow - Might not work Option 3: Combination of 1 + 2. Preliminary teams defined centrally, teams then allowed to reform themselves + Works + Harnesses collective knowledge + Buy-in Henrik Kniberg 5
- 6. Self-organizing to form new teams Constraints: • 3-8 people per team • Team has PO • Focused & dedicated to shared goal • Independent (can deliver whole story) Combined Combined Preliminary team allocation After a week in the kitchen New Henrik Kniberg
- 7. Product backlog – 1 or many? PO PO Henrik Kniberg 7
- 8. Multi-team sprint planning Sample agenda 9:00 Welcome. Sprint review & retrospective. 10:00 Goals & priorities for next sprint 11:00 Preliminary backlog allocation 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Preliminary commitment per team 14:00 Task breakdown & final commitment per team 16:00 Wrapup PO Henrik Kniberg
- 9. Just before the meeting starts Henrik Kniberg 9
- 10. Sprint demo Henrik Kniberg 10
- 11. Introduction & backlog summary Henrik Kniberg 11
- 12. Preliminary backlog allocation Henrik Kniberg 12
- 13. Scrum of scrums discussing the big picture Henrik Kniberg 13
- 14. Preliminary backlog allocation Henrik Kniberg 14
- 15. Negotiating about backlog allocation Henrik Kniberg 15
- 16. Product owners resolving priority problem Henrik Kniberg 16
- 17. Task breakdown per team Henrik Kniberg 17
- 18. Wrapup Henrik Kniberg 18
- 20. Typical challenges People getting bored or feeling inefficient Priority & dependency problems discovered Fatigue ”Shared resources” & specialists Running out of time Henrik Kniberg 20
- 21. Recommendations Make sure product backlog is ready before the meeting Priorities must be clear Have a preplanning meeting with POs if necessary Go to separate location with nice, social atmosphere Reserve 4- 8 hours (depending on number of teams) Start with wrapup of previous sprint ... then do high-level sprint goal at beginning of meeting Analog tools (index cards, post-its, flipcharts) rather than computers Product owners present (or nearby) all the time Encourage standing Make sure each team has a definition of done Templates are useful for new teams 1 hour timeboxes Clear goal (”definition of done”) for each timebox Scrum-of-scrums between each timebox Handle dependency & priority problems immediately (”stop the line”) Many breaks, lots of fruit Keep all teams until the end End with wrapup & meeting retrospective Henrik Kniberg 21