Sprint ReviewTips & Tricks

Steve Greene, salesforce.com

Why do sprint reviews?

Inspect & Adapt

Visibility Feedback

DiscussionCourse

Correction

Who’s coming?

Executives & Stakeholders

Other Teams

Customers & Business

Partners

What are they interested in seeing?

Demos!

of stuff that’s done and potentially release-able.

But first, set the context for your sprint

The Sprint Review Deck

First things first.

The Team.

ok, now we know who. what about the what?

cool. are you done?

looks good.

What’s wrong with this team?

started it all. finished nothing.

What’s “right” with this team?

That’s better.

What if my team didn’t finish anything this

sprint?

That’s ok. You still have a slot at the sprint review to give visibility to what the team has worked on this sprint.

But, sorry, no demo.

Keep the powerpoint stuff to a bare minimum please

5-10 minutes, tops.

Demo Time

who’s doing the demo?

Product Owner

QA Engineer

ScrumMaster

Sys Admin

Network Engineer

DBA

UE Designer

Technical Writer

Any Team Member

Developer

BSA

how can I make my demo most effective?

Set the stage

Reference your customer

Tell a story so they understand why this functionality / service / infrastructure is important

Speak loudly

Speak slowly

Tell them what you're doing before you do it

Don’t click as fast as you would using the product

Don't use speed keys

listen.listen.listen.

engage.

Practice your demo (at least once)

Know your stuff – whatever it is

Setup in advance and have all of your data

available

Remote desktop to another box for demo

Stay on-time – respect your audience

Have pre-defined links for all demo logins

With a complex demo, have one person talk, another navigate

Shift-click to open browser windows to get back to a previous spot quickly

If you’re used to using a Mac, rehearse on a PC, sprint review laptop will be a PC

storytelling is crucial.

Think Benioff.

Now that the demos are over…

show us your prioritized list of stories for the next sprint.

Don’t be afraid

7 Stupid Things People do to ruin their Sprint Review

#7

Try to demo un-done work

#6

Click, click, click, click, click

#5

Be unprepared OR over-prepared

#4

Ignore the ADM process

#3

Get defensive to feedback

#2

Fail to tell a story

#1

Try to impress!

Don’t forget…

Inspect & Adapt

Think about it.