Today I finally agree with the managers to use Scrum in our software developement process, and possibly in the industrial process too, once I prove that the process is solid and my capabilities to implement it are mature enough.

This will be my diary, where I’ll write all my experiences in this journey, and I hope several things more.

To begin, lets speak abot the negotiation: in order to change some of the corporative manners, your boss / managers must have a lot of confidence in you, because this looks like a big step (and indeed, it is!). In my case, the only point where the managers get a little nervous was when I say that we will not use gantt charts to track this project. The bosses then ask me some method to know what’s the project level of success, then I show them the  burndown charts and explained it’s use, then they remained calmed (for now).

I’ve promised the first demo in exactly 7 days from now. Wow. I’ve been working in this since monday, so a first iteration of 9 workable days, 2 weeks seems reasonable to me.
I’ll be using plain paper to carry out the whole system, I’ve designer myself a scrum board, the history cards and the tasks post-it (not really post-it in my case, but small square pieces of paper). On monday I’ll start using the burndown chart updated to thay day, so the managers can remain happy until the demo presentation.

That’s enough for one day, I’ll continue soon…

Carlos Jose is a Scrum implementor, and is available to help you reach the next level of agility in your company.
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