Certified Scrum Product Owner Course. Pre-Course Reading and Exercises

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1 Certified Scrum Product Owner Course Pre-Course Reading and Exercises For course preparation, please read the Scrum Guide Guide-US.pdf and Pierluigi s book Scrum Essentials Also make sure to read the following pages prior to the course and do the exercises: they will help you getting the best out of the course! Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 1

2 Table of Content Read: Manifesto for Agile Software Development 3 Exercise: The Agile Manifesto 4 Read: Principles of the Agile Manifesto 6 Exercise: The Agile Manifesto Principles 7 Exercise: Scrum Roles 10 Exercise: The Scrum Values 13 Exercise: Give a name to the parts of Scrum 15 Your Questions 16 Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 2

3 Read: Manifesto for Agile Software Development 1 We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and Interactions Working Soft ware Customer Collaboration Reacting to Change Over Over Over Over Processes and Tools Comprehensive Documentation Contract Negotiation Following a Plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. 1 Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 3

4 Exercise: The Agile Manifesto Considering the Agile Manifesto, brainstorm at least one situation per each Manifesto value where you and your company could change more in the agile direction, i.e., for example more people and interactions over processes and tools. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 4

5 Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 5

6 Read: Principles of the Agile Manifesto 2 We follow these principles: 1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software 3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale 5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done 7. Working software is the primary measure of progress 9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility 11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams 2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage 4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project 6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation 8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely 10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential 12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly 2 Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 6

7 Exercise: The Agile Manifesto Principles Consider the principles of the Agile Manifesto shown on the previous pages. On a scale from 1 to 10, how is your company/project doing? (1=Principle not implemented at all, 10=Fully implemented and part of the culture). What could you do today to get a +1 on the scale for each principle? What are, in your opinion, the three most important principles for your company? Principle 1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. On a scale 1-10 we are at To improve by 1 we should 2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. 3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale. 4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 7

8 Principle 5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. On a scale 1-10 we are at To improve by 1 we should 6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. 7. Working software is the primary measure of progress. 8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely. Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 8

9 Principle 9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. On a scale 1-10 we are at To improve by 1 we should 10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential. 11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. 12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 9

10 Exercise: Scrum Roles Look at the following maps of the authorities and responsibilities for each of the Scrum roles. Where are these authorities, duties and responsibilities currently mapped in your organisation? Please write near each item: A checkmark ( ), if that aspect of the role is implemented correctly If somebody else is performing that part of the role, indicate who If nobody is doing that part of the role, not done or not applicable In case you are not using Scrum already, please read the documents indicated on page 1 and familiarise yourself with the roles. The Team there are no titles for team members other than Developer cross-functional, with all the skills as a team necessary to create a product increment team members may have specialised skills and areas of focus, but accountability belongs to the Development Team as a whole size: 3 to 9 for containing the amount of coordination and the complexity no sub-teams in the Development Team, regardless of particular domains that need to be addressed like testing or business analysis 100% committed self organising on how to turn Product Backlog into increments of potentially releasable functionality Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 10

11 The Product Owner the Product Owner is one person, not a committee optimising the value of the work the Development Team performs ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed clearly expressing Product Backlog Items facilitates communication between the Development Team and the Stakeholders works with the Scrum Team and the Stakeholders for continuous improvement of the Product Backlog ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 11

12 The ScrumMaster Host the Product Owner finding techniques for effective Product Backlog Management helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog Items understanding product planning in an empirical environment ensuring that the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximise value understanding and practicing Agility Host Leader for the Scrum Team facilitating interactions between Product Owner and Stakeholders as requested or needed responsible for ensuring that Scrum is understood and enacted helps those outside the Scrum Team in the interactions with Scrum Team helps everyone to change these interactions to maximise the value created by the Scrum Team Host the Development Team coaching the Development Team in self-organisation and crossfunctionality helping the Development Team to create high-value products removing impediments to the Development Team s progress facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed coaching the Development Team in organisational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood Host the Organisation leading and coaching the organisation in its Scrum adoption planning Scrum implementations within the organisation helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team working with other ScrumMasters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organisation Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 12

13 Exercise: The Scrum Values Have a look at the five Scrum values: for each one describe one case where you live the value in your company already and one case where you could still improve. Focus Because we focus on only a few things at a time, we work well together and produce excellent work. We deliver valuable items sooner Courage Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more resources at our disposal. This gives us the courage to undertake greater challenges Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 13

14 Openness As we work together, we express how we're doing, what's in our way, and our concerns so they can be addressed Commitment Because we have great control over our own destiny, we are more committed to success Respect As we work together, sharing successes and failures, we come to respect each other and to help each other become worthy of respect Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 14

15 Exercise: Give a name to the parts of Scrum After having read the pre-course material and using your previous experiences with Scrum, identify on the image below as many elements of Scrum as you can. Write a name to as many elements as you can. Follow the example. The Product Backlog ! Done + - Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 15

16 Your Questions Whether you have used Scrum already or you just have some theoretical knowledge, you probably have some questions about Scrum. Please use this page to write them down. We will then discuss them during the course. Certified Scrum Product Owner Course - Connexxo GmbH Page 16

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