never change a running system
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
never change a running system?
if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
But nobody said you can't improve it
Continuous improvement
Scrum
Scrum
- Refinement
- Kickoff
- Retro
- Daily Standup
Not touched yet
- Workflow Scalability
- Meeting Efficiency
Workflow Scalability
Possible Improvements?
- No regular cadence
- A lot of coordination
- Every Ticket is touched by many people
- Unclear responsibilities
How to solve
- Reduced dependencies
- Shorter Workflows
- Clear responsibilities
- Work with release candidates
What will we change?
- New Jira Workflows
- Multiple Backlogs
- Changed GitHub Workflow
Meeting Efficiency
Possible Improvements?
- Often many participants
- Not everything is relevant to everybody
- Unstructured
- Goal is not always clear
How to solve
- Divide and conquer
- Smaller meetings
- Shorter meetings
- Clear and focussed topics
What will we change?
- Smaller and shorter daily standups
- Twice a week a department-wide exchange
What will we learn?
- Dare to change
- Don't hesitate to touch the foundation