Scrum at Rijkswaterstaat

Wouter Kolenbrander

AgileBI congres 2013

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Outline of this presentation

• Introduction Rijkswaterstaat• Reasons to start with Scrum• Scrum theory• Scrum application• Tips and tricks

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Rijkswaterstaat’s mission

Rijkswaterstaat operates to ensure the Dutch inhabitants have

• dry feet• sufficient and clean water• a smooth and safe flow of transport on

the national highways and the main waterways• reliable and useful information

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Rijkswaterstaat in a nutshell• around 8,800 employees in 2013

• 7 regional departments, 16 districts,

annual budget: 4.8 billion euro in 2013

• 214 kilometres of dikes and dams

• 3.042 kilometres of main highways

• 45 rush hour lanes

• 23 tunnels

• 2.137 kilometres of canals and rivers

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Network management Information System (NIS)

Luc Koshiek

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Wat in het NIS staat is waar, ook al

is het niet waar

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Information in NIS• Business Intelligence Rijkswaterstaat

– Accountability– Key performance indicators based on asset

information• All assets (wet and dry)

– Quantity• Type, location, etc

– Quality• Condition, maintenance planning

– Usage

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ContextBusinessIT

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Problems and challenges

• Conflicts about planning• Production declined• Long procestime

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Scrum?

Promises:– Higher productivity– Shorter procestime– Higher customer satisfaction– More fun at work

Scrum: Framework for developing complex products.- Focus on value, step-by-step and learning

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What is Scrum?

• Roles

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What is Scrum?

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ContextBusinessIT

PO

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ContextBusinessIT

PO

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Business-scrum board

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DEV-scrum board

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Total flow

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Characteristics sprintCharacteristic Development Business

Dependency Internal Internal and external

# userstories 5-10 30-40

Commitment Dev-sprint Dev- and NEC-sprint

Scope Clear scope Scope more vague

Type of work Development and maintenance

Various

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Experience

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Experience• Higher productivity• Shorter process time• Higher customer satisfaction• More fun at work

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Experience• Higher productivity• Shorter process time• Higher customer satisfaction• More fun at work

• More in control• No silver bullet

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Tips and tricks• START!• Think BIG, act small• Team willing to change• Experiment• Make work visible• Celebrate your success

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Thanks for yourattention!

Contact:

Wouter.Kolenbrander@rws.nl06 – 2517 9742