Undercover Scrum Master - Agile2019
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Dane Weber, an undercover scrum master at Excella, reflects on his two-year experience as a full-stack developer, emphasizing the importance of collaborative practices like pair programming and test-driven development. The document outlines challenges such as cognitive load and the need for effective feedback loops in agile teams. Looking forward, Weber aims to coach others and share his learnings while continuing to grow in the field.
Undercover Scrum Master - Agile2019
- 1. excella.com | @excellaco Undercover Scrum Master Dane Weber
- 5. excella.com | @excellaco Prior Operations Agent: Dane Weber, Scrum Master CLP, CSD, CSM, ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF, PMI-ACP, PMP
- 6. excella.com | @excellaco Career Path
- 7. excella.com | @excellaco Career Path
- 8. excella.com | @excellaco Career Path
- 9. excella.com | @excellaco Mission Background Objective: Gain full-time experience writing production code on an Agile software development team.
- 10. excella.com | @excellaco Scrum Master focus over time
- 11. excella.com | @excellaco Scrum Master focus over time
- 12. excella.com | @excellaco Scrum Master focus over time
- 13. excella.com | @excellaco LeSS Development Practices
- 14. excella.com | @excellaco LeSS Development Practices
- 15. excella.com | @excellaco • The Planning Game • Small Releases • Metaphor • Simple Design • Testing • Refactoring • Pair Programming • Collective Ownership • Continuous Integration • 40-hour week • On-site Customer • Coding Standard Extreme Programming
- 16. excella.com | @excellaco • The Planning Game • Small Releases • Metaphor • Simple Design • Testing • Refactoring • Pair Programming • Collective Ownership • Continuous Integration • 40-hour week • On-site Customer • Coding Standard Extreme Programming
- 17. excella.com | @excellaco Mission Debrief Accomplished: Spent two years as a full-stack developer, learning a lot from my teammates & team.
- 18. excella.com | @excellaco • Joined a successful project just as we reorganized from two teams into three. • Team named itself: “Bits, Please!” • Whole project was characterized by egalitarian, joyful, empowered, and helpful people. Mission Debrief
- 19. excella.com | @excellaco • API services inspired by the microservice pattern • Single-page application front-end • Cloud-hosted • Highly automated build/test/deploy pipeline • Merge code to master, pass tests, and it will be live in production in under 30 minutes. Mission Debrief
- 20. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 21. excella.com | @excellaco Magical Developers We’re all just folk
- 22. excella.com | @excellaco Muggles vs. Wizards
- 23. excella.com | @excellaco From Muggle to Wizard
- 24. excella.com | @excellaco From Muggle to Wizard
- 25. excella.com | @excellaco From Muggle to Wizard
- 26. excella.com | @excellaco From Muggle to Wizard
- 27. excella.com | @excellaco Everybody is special, not just developers Respect everyone, their time, and their contributions Welcome others & ask for feedback as the privileged group Avoid shorthand terms that divide groups Counter- measures
- 28. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 29. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load Really overwhelming
- 30. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load
- 31. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 32. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 33. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 34. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 35. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 36. excella.com | @excellaco Cognitive Load
- 37. excella.com | @excellaco Lack of enthusiasm ≠ disagreement Cognitive Load
- 38. excella.com | @excellaco Recognize & alleviate cognitive load Handy notes and references Timely reminders Just do it Counter- measures
- 39. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 40. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming The real kind
- 41. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 42. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 43. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 44. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 45. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 46. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 47. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 48. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 49. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 50. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 51. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 52. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 53. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 54. excella.com | @excellaco Pair Programming
- 55. excella.com | @excellaco Pair-programming is not a natural result of close collaboration. Pair Programming
- 56. excella.com | @excellaco Pair programming is a habit and skill Set up the right environment Practice in order to gain the skill Be patient Counter- measures
- 57. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 58. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development As opposed to development-driven testing
- 59. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development Cycle
- 60. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development Cycle
- 61. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development Cycle
- 62. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development Cycle
- 63. excella.com | @excellaco Test-Driven Development Cycle
- 64. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 65. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 66. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 67. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 68. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 69. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 70. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 71. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 72. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 73. excella.com | @excellaco The Coding Feedback Loop
- 74. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 75. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 76. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 77. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 78. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 79. excella.com | @excellaco Good Tests & Infrastructure
- 80. excella.com | @excellaco Testing Infrastructure
- 81. excella.com | @excellaco TDD is also a habit and skill Invest in working, pleasant frameworks Stop and fix ugly or missing tests Whatever the order, always hit red, green, & refactor Counter- measures
- 82. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 83. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning Delaying gratification
- 84. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 85. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 86. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 87. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 88. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 89. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 90. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 91. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 92. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 93. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 94. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 95. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 96. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 97. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 98. excella.com | @excellaco Feedback Loops & Planning
- 99. excella.com | @excellaco “Too many meetings” translates to • Ineffective meetings • Activities without clear payoff • Interruptions of enjoyable work Feedback Loops & Planning
- 100. excella.com | @excellaco Lack of enthusiasm ≠ disagreement Feedback Loops & Planning
- 101. excella.com | @excellaco Diffusion of responsibility: More people sharing responsibility decreases individual responsibility. Feedback Loops & Planning
- 102. excella.com | @excellaco “No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower Feedback Loops & Planning
- 103. excella.com | @excellaco Not everything is fun all the time Somebody has to do the chores Improve feedback loops Communicate the value of less-fun activities Counter- measures
- 104. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 105. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry Unauthorized Technical Debt
- 106. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 107. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 108. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 109. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 110. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 111. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 112. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 113. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 114. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 115. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 116. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 117. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 118. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 119. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 120. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 121. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 122. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 123. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 124. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 125. excella.com | @excellaco Implicitly in a Hurry
- 126. excella.com | @excellaco Haste makes waste Be a professional: craft with integrity Talk about product quality and maintenance Incentivize quality, maintenance, and refactoring Counter- measures
- 127. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 128. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Magical Developers
- 129. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Magical Developers
- 130. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Cognitive Load • Macintosh • VPN • GitHub • Bash • Git • VS Code • Docker • Make • Rake • Redis • Oracle • Postgres • Ruby • Rails • Javascript • React • Redux • CSS • Sass • HTML • Sequel • SQL • Cucumber • JMeter • Rswag • RSpec • Minitest • RuboCop • ESLint • Jest • Codecept • Cypress • Swagger • Insomnia • Curl • Jenkins • AWS • ECS • SQS • S3 • CloudWatch • Splunk • New Relic • Kibana • HTTP • OAuth2 • NGINX • Regex • Flipper • Graphviz • Markdown • AsciiDoc • Sidekiq • Elasticsearch • SSH • Akamai CDN • Slack • Outlook • video conferencing solutions • JIRA • Trello • VictorOps • Service Now
- 131. excella.com | @excellaco Lack of enthusiasm ≠ disagreement ❑ Cognitive Load
- 132. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Pair Programming
- 133. excella.com | @excellaco Pair-programming is not a natural result of close collaboration. ❑ Pair Programming
- 134. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Test-Driven Development
- 135. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Test-Driven Development
- 136. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning
- 137. excella.com | @excellaco “Too many meetings” translates to • Ineffective meetings • Activities without clear payoff • Interruptions of enjoyable work ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning
- 138. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 139. excella.com | @excellaco ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 140. ❑ Magical Developers ❑ Cognitive Load ❑ Pair Programming ❑ Test-Driven Development ❑ Feedback Loops & Planning ❑ Implicitly in a Hurry
- 141. excella.com | @excellaco Experience Report https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/experience-reports/undercover-scrum-master/
- 142. excella.com | @excellaco Future Missions Objective: Continue to grow and learn. Coach teams and share what I’ve learned.
- 143. excella.com | @excellaco Future Missions