IFSM 441 Agile project Management

Scenario #5 (Retrospectives or Lessons Learned – Individual)
UMUC IFSM 441
Scenario 5: Sprint Retrospective
Due Week 8
Introduction
This scenario is NOT to be done as a group assignment. This scenario is an individual assignment. This
assignment does NOT follow from any previous scenarios. Instead, in this scenario, an extension to the
case is presented. Similarly to Scenario 2, in this Scenario 5, students evaluate Agile content for the
PMO Director at XYZ Corporation. Specifically, students view four videos on Sprint/Agile
retrospectives and evaluate them for the PMO Director.
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. Apply Agile framework to meet the specific operational needs.
3. Evaluate and implement performance measures in order to assess the success of an Agile project.
Your Job Title, Role, and Background at XYZ Corporation
You are a Senior Project Analyst. You report to the PMO Director. Your main role is as an analyst and
advisor to the PMO Director. Your background includes a BS in IFSM from UMUC and PMP and PMIACP certifications. You have 4 years work experience at XYZ since joining the company after
graduation. In your short career, you have shown an ability to perform good analysis and to assist
management and senior management in decision support. Your job responsibilities routinely call for you
to write analyses of training information and media at the request of the PMO Director.
Overview of Scenario #5 Task Assignment
Ms. Donna Cortez, PMO Director at XYZ Corporation, has tasked you with viewing four videos under
consideration for inclusion in an upcoming course on Agile/Sprint Retrospectives. To assist her, you will
view the requested four videos and write a short response on each video, per her specifications. Any
information not included in the XYZ case may be augmented as you see fit as long as your extension is
not in conflict with the information included in the original case.
Key information on the four videos is listed below, including video number, video title, and video URL
on the web. In your analyses, you will refer to the video number, and not the title. The four assigned
videos are as follows:
Video 1 – Title: Agile in Practice: Retrospectives after Iteration

Video 2 – Title: The Wrong way to do Agile Retrospectives

Video 3 – Title: How to improve your Scrum Sprint Retrospectives

Video 4 – Title: Inside the Sprint Retrospective

No comparison of the videos is required. Per Ms. Cortez, your task assignment is to execute the
following steps and to develop and submit the cited summary/analysis deliverables.
1. View Video 1 several times.
2. Summarize the key content of Video 1 and state its provided definition of Agile retrospectives.
Also, include a reminder about any related content important to XYZ Corporation that is not
included in the video.
3. View Video 2 several times.
4. Summarize the key content of Video 2 and state each of the wrong ways dramatized in the video.
For each wrong way included in the video, state the corresponding right way, and provide a brief
description of the right way in the XYZ Agile environment.
5. View Video 3 several times.
6. List each mistake and tip included in the Video 3, and elaborate on each mistake and tip in 1-2
sentences. Cite which tips you think are most important for XYZ Corporation. Cite which tips
you think are least important for XYZ Corporation. Also cite one additional tip not included in
the video that we want to nonetheless emphasize at XYZ Corporation.
7. Watch Video 4 several times.
8. Summarize the key content of Video 4. Be sure to address: 1) what to keep as is (“like”); and 2)
what to improve (“don’t like”) for the next Sprint, as well Mr. Southerland’s concept of “the one
thing” to emphasize. After your initial summary, include 3 representative examples of items that
may come up in a retrospective in the category of what to keep as is and the category of what to
improve.
Task Requirements
1. Do tasks #1-#8 in the preceding list;
2. Make your responses as short or long as needed (generally, a 100 word narrative for each video
is sufficient) to address the PMO Director’s requirements appropriately (FYI… the PMO
Director wants your expert viewpoint, so no outside sources are expected);
3. Use a numbered list (1-4) to present your four responses to the four assigned videos;
4. Follow all guidelines in the provided assignment rubric to maximize your grade; and
5. Submit your assignment in LEO per the Course Syllabus.
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Other Guidance
See the Course Syllabus, related Course Content area files, and LEO Classroom News as needed for
supporting information.
Scenario #5 Grading Rubric
Attribute
Full Points
Video 1
The response is
The response is No minimally
presented per
not sufficiently acceptable
Video 1
presented per
presentation of
assignment
Video 1
value.
specifications
assignment
and/or per Agile specifications
principles and
and/or per Agile
values and with no principles/values,
or almost no errors and/or with too
in content or
many errors.
English usage.
The response is
The response is No minimally
presented per
not sufficiently acceptable
Video 2
presented per
presentation of
assignment
Video 2
value.
specifications
assignment
and/or per Agile specifications
principles and
and/or per Agile
values and with no principles/values,
or almost no errors and/or with too
in content or
many errors.
English usage.
The response is
The response is No minimally
presented per
not sufficiently acceptable
Video 2
presented per
presentation of
assignment
Video 3
value.
specifications
assignment
and/or per Agile specifications
principles and
and/or per Agile
values and with no principles/values,
or almost no errors and/or with too
in content or
many errors.
English usage.
The response is
The response is No minimally
per Agile
not sufficiently acceptable
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4
Partial Points
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No points
Possible
Points
25
25
25
25
Points
Earned
principles and
presented per
presentation of
values in course Video
value.
materials and the 4assignment
featured video,
specifications
and the response is and/or per Agile
well developed, principles/values,
and well presented and/or with too
with no errors in many errors.
content or English
usage.
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