Scrum for Project Managers - Welcome to the … for Project Managers Part 1 – 30 Days to Better Agile Webinar Series Angela Druckman Certified Scrum Trainer & Agile Coach

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Scrum for Project Managers Part 1 – 30 Days to Better Agile Webinar Series

Angela Druckman Certified Scrum Trainer & Agile Coach [email protected]

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October 10 - 11, 2012 San Francisco Petri Heiramo, CST Certified Product Owner

October 16 - 17, 2012 New York Angela Druckman, CST Certified Product Owner

October 16 - 17, 2012 Dallas Jimi Fosdick, CST Certified Product Owner

October 16 - 17, 2012 Washington, DC Michael James, CST Certified ScrumMaster

October 23 - 24, 2012 San Francisco Adam Weisbart, CST Certified ScrumMaster

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November 13 - 14, 2012 San Francisco Angela Druckman, CST Certified Product Owner

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• Scrum in a perfect world

• Project managers and Scrum – a changing role

• Project manager as ScrumMaster

• Project manager as Product Owner

• Project manager supporting the team

• When old habits are hard to break

• How to Get More Information

Overview


Organizations that successfully

implement Scrum have:

• Teams that self-manage and

collectively take responsibility for

meeting commitments

• Product Owners that understand

and guide product vision through

carefully prioritizing and releasing

features

• Management that supports the

Scrum process and removes

impediments

Given that…


Not the right question! Instead, we should ask…

Do Scrum Organizations Even Need Project

Managers anymore???


How Can the Skills Project Managers Have Contribute to an Organization’s Success with

Scrum?


• Project Managers need to

understand that their role will

change in a Scrum organization,

regardless of whether or not they

are part of a Scrum project

• Today we will examine:

– Unique talents and skills PMs bring to a

Scrum project

– Specific responsibilities and skills that

will need to change

A Changing Role


• Some typical transitions PM’s make

when their organizations move to

Scrum are to the role of:

– ScrumMaster

– Product Owner

– Project Manager for a Scrum project,

outside the Scrum team

The Project Manager Role Transformed


“A project manager is the person

accountable for accomplishing

the stated project objectives.

Key project management

responsibilities include creating

clear and attainable project

objectives, building the project

requirements, and managing

the triple constraint for projects,

which is cost, time, and scope .”

- Wikipedia

“The ScrumMaster is responsible for

ensuring that Scrum values,

practices and rules are enacted and

enforced. The ScrumMaster is the

driving force behind all of the Scrum

and helps the Scrum Team and the

organization adopt and use Scrum

to produce a higher quality product.

The ScrumMaster is not the

manager but leads by coaching,

teaching and help(ing) the Team

understand and use self-

management and cross-

functionality.”

- Scrum Alliance Website

Key to success is knowing which PM skills support Scrum and which need to change

Project Manager as ScrumMaster – a Conflict of Interest?


Project managers are typically held

responsible and rewarded for their

ability to “drive” a project to

successful completion, including:

• Directing staff (aka “making” people

perform work)

• Managing risk

• Clarifying requirements

• Meeting project objectives

• Managing budget

There is just one problem with this…Project Managers are not usually the people doing the actual work!

The Weight of the World on Their Shoulders


• As a ScrumMaster, the only thing you “make” happen is

the process. You are no longer held solely responsible

for:

– Making and meeting sprint commitments. That responsibility

belongs to the team now

– Meeting project goals, objectives and release schedules. That

responsibility belongs to the Product Owner

– Managing risk. That function is addressed by the Scrum process

itself

People who successfully make the transition from PM to ScrumMaster move from managing people to facilitating

process and organizational change

That Was Then, This is Now


• The ability to deliver the hard message

– Raising organizational impediments

– Pointing out behavior that does not support Scrum

• Contact with people who can make change

happen

– Deciding how to address impediments

• Reporting

– Helping management get the information they need

about the project

PM’s often have key skills that come in very handy when they move into a ScrumMaster role:

Ace in Your Pocket – the Project Manager Toolbox Applied to the ScrumMaster Role


• Don’t manage the team – they need to manage

themselves

– The team, not you, must take responsibility for making and

delivering commitments

– This may be a gradual process

• Don’t take responsibility for creating the right product

– the Product Owner needs to own that

– Product backlog maintenance

– Release management

– Product vision

• Don’t let management “shoot the messenger”

– You don’t create the impediments, you just raise them to

management’s attention

Help management understand they cannot judge you by the old yardstick anymore

So What Behaviors Need to Change?


Key skills PMs can bring to the Product Owner role

include:

– Customer connections

– Ability to articulate

requirements

– Understanding the technical

implications of a decision

– Release planning

– Use of product road maps

Project Manager as Product Owner


• You don’t “control” the team

– Work with the team to get the info you need to make good decisions

about the product

– Help the team understand your mantra of “No surprises”

• The “iron triangle” doesn’t lie…

– Don’t pressure the team into making commitments they cannot meet

• Stick to agreements about technical quality

– Be aware of the amount of technical debt your system contains and

work with the team to plan how to improve this

• Work with your ScrumMaster to include stakeholders in

meetings (Sprint Review, Story Time meetings, etc) in a

productive way

– Understand that sometimes you have to say “no”

A Former PM Product Owner Needs to Remember:


• Can be helpful with large projects

• Remember your role – you are a chicken!

• Focus on helping the team remove impediments –

you are a first-line resource here

• Even as a “traditional” PM, your role changes with

Scrum: the team, not you, is responsible for

delivering on commitments

Project Managers supporting a Scrum project can provide an example to other managers of “good Scrum behavior”

Project Managers Outside the Scrum Team


What to do if a project manager continues old, non-

productive, non-Scrum behaviors?

• Tell him/her! Sometimes we have the hardest time seeing our

own mistakes

• Offer specific suggestions for improvement

– Avoid the “always/never” trap

• Get help from a neutral coach

– Learning via the “blind leading the blind” is very hard

When the New Becomes the Same Old Thing…


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