Sprint Release Management - Estimation, Sprint Backlog, Daily Scrum Meeting, and Performance Management

UMUC IFSM 441

Due Week 7

Introduction

Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the “XYZ Corporation Case” and Scenario #3. This is a continuation of Scenario #3.

Purpose of the Assignment

This assignment gives students the opportunity to apply IFSM 441 course concepts and specifically addresses the following course outcomes:

1. Evaluate the values, principles, strategies and practice of Agile tools in order to mitigate uncertainty and risk with project delivery. 

2. Compare Agile versus traditional project methodologies in order to provide the best fit for the organization. 

3. Apply Agile framework to meet the specific operational needs.  

4. Evaluate and implement performance measures in order to assess the success of an Agile project.

Your Group and Assigned Roles

This assignment your Scenario #3 Agile Role rotates to a new role as follows:

1. Scenario #3 Scrum Master to Scenario #4 Product Owner Coordinator

2. Scenario #3 Product Owner Coordinator to Scenario #4 Team Coordinator

3. Scenario #3 Team Coordinator to Scenario #4 Scrum Master

 You are to divide into teams of 3 persons (or 2 or 4 persons if needed). In a 3-person team, one person will assume each of the following three roles:  1) Scrum Master – focus on process; 2) Product Owner Coordinator – focus on the product (interfacing as needed with the instructor who serves as Product Owner); 3) Team Coordinator – focus on the developer team inputs (you represent the voices of 11 developer team members (including 2 .NET developers, 2 SQL Server developers, 2 SharePoint developers, 2 quality assurance specialists testers, 2 business analysts, and 1 technical writer). Your roles within the team are assigned to you via rotation from Scenario #3, as indicated above. Reference the key roles in Agile/Scrum projects in the Lecture Notes and assigned readings to better understand your assigned role and the roles of your IFSM 441 team members. Aside from your assigned role, you should self-organize and share responsibilities to help your team meet its assignment requirements, sharing the workload as equally as is feasible.

Overview of Scenario #4 Task Assignment

At this juncture, back in Scenario #3, your team has submitted the project’s high-level release plan and associated details. It’s time to focus on the sprint level, where in Scenario 4 work tasks are estimated by hours (not function points or story points) and assigned to one or more sprints. Each sprint is carried out by the development team, and performance is managed and assessed. Your task assignment is to develop for this Scenario #4 the following 5 deliverables:

1. Estimation Exercise – The gist of this exercise is to fit the appropriate number of stories into one or more sprints based on estimated hours. See background information in Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and your own web searches.

2. Sprint Backlog Exercise – The gist of this exercise is to survey and define the sprint backlog. See background information in Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and your own web searches.

3. Daily Scrum Meeting Exercise – The gist of this exercise is in a one-half page narrative to describe a “fantasy” description of a Daily Scrum Meeting for your team, based on your readings on daily Scrum meetings. The meeting should focus on the interactions between the ScrumMaster and Delivery Team. See background information in Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and your own web searches.

4. Sprint Burndown Chart Exercise – The gist of this exercise is to develop a chart graphic of your sprint burndown. See background information in Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and your own web searches.

5. Release Burndown Chart Exercise – The gist of this exercise is to develop a chart graphic of your release burndown. See background information in Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and your own web searches. Task Requirements

6. Team scoring table: Reuse the scoring table your team developed in Scenario #3 and reassess the team. Only the scoring table is required and not the team building narratives. There are no additional instructions contained in the “Scenario 4 Exercise Sheet.docx” document; however, this is a required deliverable for Scenario #4.

1. Do #1-#5 in the preceding list as 5 separate MS Office (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint) files or consolidated within MS Word;

2. Follow the approaches, methodologies, conventions, and formats presented in the Lecture Notes, assigned readings, and as you take note of in helpful web searches unless otherwise directed by the instructor;

3. Follow all guidelines in the provided assignment rubric to maximize your grade; and

4. Submission Options:

1. Option 1: Submit ALL of the deliverables as a team in your team discussion area.  Create a post called: "Final Submission: Scenario 4" and attach the assignment to that post.   Make sure it's posted prior to the deadline!  The assignment will be graded and feedback will be provided in the discussion forum and the grade will be applied to all of the team members.

2. Option 2:  Submit item #6 (Team scoring method and table) in your individual assignment folder (by the due date/time) and the remaining items using the method described above.   Your team can pull out the "Team scoring method and table" and submit this section individually; however, all of the other sections need to be submitted in the team's discussion area.   If you choose this method - title your discussion post:  "Final Submission: Scenario 4 - Excluding Item #6” Please note that if you choose this method and an individual does not submit item#6 in their individual assignment area, that individual will receive a zero on the assignment until the deliverable is received.

3. NOTE: The results of the "Team Scoring Table " can reduce individual grades if it's found there is low participation by a team member.   

Other Guidance

See the Course Syllabus, related Course Content area files, and LEO Classroom News as needed for supporting information.

Scenario #4 Grading Rubric