How to Kick Start a New Scrum Team

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1 How to Kick Start a New Scrum Team What we have learnt.. Agility & HR, Jan Delft, Netherlands Screen recording of the presentation at -

2 Who s presenting? Marudhamaran Gunasekaran Agile Coach / Security Specialist Agile coaching Scrum training Onboarding Scrum Kick-offs Ethical hacking Secure Programming Practices Compliance (ISO

3 Employee Employer relation Job seeker Alumnus Prospective candidate Employee New Employee..... Selected and offered candidate

4 Employee Employer relation Employee New Employee.. Flag Bearers..

5 in onboarding What s your challenges?

6 Agile and Scrum To manage complexity or to control chaos Splits time into slices (Iterations) and provides opportunities (Events) to compare reality with expected outcome (Feedback) Frequent Inspection and Adaption based on transparency

7 Scrum For complex and adaptive software development A framework of principles, roles and rules that thrives on people doing Scrum Is very much about behavior, much more than it is about process Is hard and disruptive

8 Scrum, people, behavior, and company culture Is it about finding the right people? Or Is it only about finding the right people?

9 Interpersonal skills

10 Cultural fit does not need convincing

11 Moral and Ethics Moral define personal character Ethics standards of behavior expected by a group / Culture

12 Our experiments & lessons

13 Scrum Values Courage Openness Respect Focus Commitment

14 Prowareness Values & Culture Transparency Teamwork Quality Accountability Passion

15 Gamify the onboarding Build an onboarding around the values of the company around the values of Scrum

16 Training helps but; Is it tangible? How to quantify or validate someone s learning?

17 Build an onboarding How? Set expectations - define boundaries, define goals together Intensify the feedback cycles - as frequent as possible Create team environment - bring them together on a common purpose Equip with the tools - they are comfortable working with They like to be challenged - give them one & leave the room, however be available and approachable Create roles (Scrum) within the team - and hold them accountable Validations for learning - quiz, assessments, real software itself, recap, homework

18 Set expectations: ProX Prowareness Experience before they join, call them for an office tour facilitated by the existing employees and the recruiters

19 Set expectations 1 month what s the expected outcome from the team of 6-9 members?

20 Intensify the feedback cycles At least once per day Transparent feedback Based on evidence Direct feedback Facilitate feedback circle within the team

21 Transparent feedback from the facilitators

22 Transparent feedback Self Evaluation Remember: Feedback is about providing information

23 Transparent feedback Progress in 3 months After the one month Pro-Seed (Induction) program, meet with them every fortnight

24 They like to be challenged Engineers like to design, create and build systems Create a backlog of challenges that software could solve (Operations automation, POC for a new business idea, ) Real world challenges identify them or ask other software teams that do not have time to work on some dream features Throw a challenge at them, and visit after a couple of hours

25 A team s outcome in 90 minutes

26 Create team environment A dedicated team room No individual cubicles that impede communication in the name of privacy Make the team accountable for a software creation Create Scrum roles Product Owner Scrum Master Cross functional Development Team

27 Form an alliance between the members

28 Pair them Pair programming is a social skill... You are striving for a cooperative way to work that includes give and take from both partners regardless of corporate status The best pair programmers know when to say "let's try your idea first."

29 Equip with tools Computer configuration with their preferred operating systems (Windows or Linux) High resolution dual monitors Software and frameworks access IT person and Scrum Coach at their disposal tactics and cheat sheets

30 Tools, tactics, cheat-sheets

31 Scrum Coach Coach them at their Scrum Events Facilitate tip and tops, instill it as a habit Always be available and approachable

32 Validations for learning Assessments (Not the Yes or No type) Assessments with open ended questions that require descriptive answers Provide some homework Recap the next day Let them teach

33 Learning experience Facilitate, Instruct, Teach sometimes, and let them teach back

34 Learning tactics - validation questions

35 Learning tactics presentations make them the tutor If they are uncomfortable doing it, it is even better they just spotted their area of improvement

36 Gamification Daily score card based on company values

37 Sample 2 week Agenda

38 Cash reward for choosing not to work with us If you don t want to work with us let s chat

39 Celebrate & Socialize often * Also train & converse outside of the training room

40 Graduation Day After the 3 months probation period

41 Training & Coaching Team

42 Dankjewel! tot later