Drupal & Scrum
from the trenches
Julien Dubois - Guillaume Bec
How we do product backlogs?
- From vision to stories
- Iterate for the acceptance criteria
- Share Drupal expectations with your client
and Drupal?
Drupal comes with its own technical stories
- Prepare the navigation / sitemap
- Content patterns
- View modes
- Image styles
- etc
How we prepare for sprint definition?
- Identify dependencies between stories
- Prioritize stories
- KISS your stories
and Drupal?
- Know your modules
- ...or test them http://simplytest.me/
How we do sprint definition?
- Dive into the vision
- Intensive exercise (be prepared for a tough day!)
- Don't over engineer, iterate
- It's a team commitment
and Drupal?
- Leverage Drupal paradigms
- Demonstrate!
How we communicate sprints?
- Agility needs a contract
- We have a plan! (Share it)
- Your client must test
and Drupal?
- We said test. So give an environment to your client to test !
How we do sprint backlogs?
- Cherish your board.
- Easily reachable + updatable board / workflow
- Find the tools/practices that fit your needs
How we arrange the team room?
- Dedicated space for the team.
- Visual management is important.
- Remote is okay!
How we do daily Scrum?
- Fuel your sprint!
- Keep it short
- Client or no client?
How we do sprint demos?
- Be ready! (and have a backup plan)
- Happiness to show effort's result!
- It's a celebration, invite people.
and Drupal?
- We use modules that can do more!
How we do sprint retrospectives?
- Just do it!
- Everybody should talk, have a facilitator.
- Measure improvement
Slack time between sprints?
- Still hard to sell.
- Difficult in remote.
- Propose alternative activities.
How we do release planning and fixed priced contracts?
while ($project == true) {
Evangelize("how we work");
Convince("agility is good");
Explain("what each decision implies");
}
How we combine Scrum and XP?
- Pair "debugging"
- Coding standards
- Code review
- Continuous integration
Thank you!
Questions?
Guillaume Bec - Bès