1. Agile Development -- an overview
Peter Steinfeld
June 30, 2015

2. Who uses Agile Development?

3. What problem does Agile Development solve?
Produce a deliverable (product, document, contest, …)
Fixed time schedule to deliver
Team to do the work (ideally small – 4 to 10 people)
Software development (but it can be used elsewhere)
Dealing with uncertainty

4. How does Agile Development work? -- key aspects
Roles for participants – Product Owner, Developer, Scrum Master
Iterations – fixed time length with demonstrable results
Backlog – list of unfinished tasks
Scrum meetings – short, daily meetings

5. How does Agile Development work? -- Participant roles
Product Owner
Figures out what the customer wants – what it means to be successful
Answers questions from developers
Figures out how to test
Developer
Does the work
Typically, there are many developers
Scrum Master
Runs the meetings – scrum, retrospective, and planning
Keeps the backlog prioritized and correct
Other roles – Manager, Agile Coach

6. How does Agile Development work? -- Iterations
Sequence of deliverables at fixed times
Last iteration is the final deliverable
For each iteration
Implementation time
Deliver (ideally to the customer)
At the end of the iteration, discuss
What went well, what needs to improve
Plan the next iteration

7. How does Agile Development work? -- Backlog
List of unfinished work (tasks, bug fixes, …)
Task creation is separate from implementation
Anyone can work on an item in the backlog
Prioritize and manage the backlog

8. How does Agile Development work? -- Scrum meetings
Short, daily meeting with the whole team
Led by the Scrum Master
Each participant answers the three questions –
What did I do since the last meeting?
What do I plan to do next?
Am I blocked?

9. Using Agile Development for the Oregon Games Project Challenge
The kids did all of the work
I functioned as the Agile coach and manager
We used GitHub issues and waffle.io for our backlog
We won the “Rookie” award our first year, and the “Professionalism” award the second year