Kick Off

Posted By : Carlton

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On the Scrum mailing list, Alan Shalloway came up with a great list for questions you need to answer before starting your Scrum teams. In his experience, this checklist becomes very useful after the organization reaches 75 people.

How do I know I’m done planning?
What documents do I have?
What do I know?
How do I know I’m ready for my first Sprint?

These are the business and architectural requirements for starting the first Sprint.

Project/Product Vision Statement, OBT (Why are we here?)
Release plan set
Product backlog established and visible
Initial Estimate w/Top-Line (story points) established and visible
Sprint length set
Prioritized and estimated Feature list
Architectural goals/approach identified and visible
Dependencies & Risks Identified and made visible
Conceptual design completed

The Team and their Environment also needs to be prepared before embarking on Scrum.

Team established with roles set
Trained in Lean-Agile Software development (process and technical practices)
Definition of “Done” established and documented (unit, functional, acceptance)
Testing approach committed to (Unit, Functional, Acceptance) and visible
Information radiator established and visible
Tools for testing, coding, integrating, building selected and installed

About the Author

My name is Carlton Nettleton and I am the President of Look Forward Consulting. I am an international speaker, trainer and author of the book, Fourteen Observations of Good Scrum Practice and my book has been translated into Spanish. My passion is to share my excitement, enthusiasm and encouragement with teams and organizations as they reach for higher levels of performance and engagement. My business is to help your business grow and flourish.