Assessing the state of Agile practices

Meeting

Preparation

Evaluation

Identification of client expectations. Setting activity goals. Analysis of the client’s business environment, customers, products and projects. The team, its abilities and dysfunctions. Review of business and development processes. Systematic limitations. Tools used.

Observation

Agile

Ceremonies

Účasť ScrumDesk mentora ako pozorovateľa na základných tímových ceremóniách ako napr. plánovanie denné stand-upy, sprint review a retrospektívy.

Analysis

Team

Tables and metrics

Analysis of artifacts recorded in an electronic tool (JIRA, Azure DevOps, etc.).

Identification of the potential for improving the requirements record, product backlog management, progress record discipline, metrics analysis.

Identification of typical errors and proposals for their elimination in the most practical way possible.

Analysis

Agile

Team

Analysis of typical team dysfunctions. Online questionnaire with subsequent evaluation of the level of team dysfunctions and recommendations for overcoming them.

Meeting

Personal

Interviews

Personal interviews with key people representing product and project management roles, team leaders and selected team members.

Result

Elaboration

Proposals for changes

Vypracovanie hodnotenia pozitív aktuálneho stavu implementácie agilných praktík. Zhodnotenie potenciálu pre ich zlepšenie a ďalšie odporúčania, ako ich zlepšiť. Osobná komunikácia výsledkov.

We thought we could operate agile quite effectively. Scrum has been implemented here for a long time and we felt that it was also of good quality. However, the depth of knowledge after the ScrumDesk audit allowed us to understand the potential for cheap and fast changes breaking the blocks and myths of Agile that we had created ourselves.

Is it suitable for you?

You have a team applying agile principles, practices and procedures.

You want to find out:

• Potential for further streamlining of team functioning.
• Identify possible simplifications.
• Increase the quality of the results produced.
• Find the potential for better team collaboration.
• Streamline the use of electronic project management tools, e.g. JIRA.
• Learn to read and understand metrics.

How is it going?

Online participation in all important meetings.

Necessary access to a project management tool, e.g. JIRA, Azure DevOps.

How much does it cost?

Since each team uses different practices and may have different dysfunctions, the price is determined after an initial discussion.