1. Not your average bacon and eggs
SCRUM
Not your average bacon and eggs

2. The Basics Product Backlog Sprint Backlogs Sprints
The Daily Scrum
Burn-down chart
Sprint Retrospective

3. The Players The Scrum Team Consists of five to nine people
No specific roles
Still allows for experts
Primary tasks involve problem solving and design

4. The Players The Scrum Master More the role of a coach Daily Scrum
Keeps Scrum team focused
Provides Scrum team with most beneficial circumstances possible
Sprint Retrospective
Helps team evaluate progress and accomplishments
Motivates team for next Sprint

5. The Players The Product Owner Voice of the customer
Maintains a business perspective
Responsible for the product backlog

6. The Process The Product Backlog Contains a list of prioritized goals
May include upgrades, bug fixes, or the next steps in development
Can be broken down into segments
This should create business value
This should also allow it to be sub-deliverable

7. The Process The Daily Scrum Consistent time every day
Involves Scrum Master and Scrum Team
“What has been accomplished since we last met?”
“What will be accomplished between now and our next meeting?”
“Is there anything standing in our way?”
No one else is allowed to talk
Bacon and eggs

8. The Process The Sprint Consists of 30 days
Often non-negotiable
Series of predetermined goals
Specified by the Sprint backlog
Uses a burn-down chart is used to display progress
Concludes with Sprint Retrospective
Allows team to demonstrate product
A good time for evaluation and motivation for the next Sprint

9. Pros and Cons Pros Cons The small size allows for agility
The Sprints allow for members to be remain focused and motivated
Team members can put their strengths to use without being confined to specific roles
Cons
Unorthodox in that there is no project manager
There is difficultly in overcoming inertia
Strict timing can sometimes be harmful

10. Conclusions
Scrum has been successfully integrated into companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Xerox.
Scrum works best when the numbers relating to the team size, Sprint time, and overall project development time are reasonable.
Its strongest aspect is continuous communication among the team members and the customers.