Creating start-ups is like arranging a puzzle. It does not happen overnight; there is a lot to consider, plan, and do. Scrum is one of the methods to compose those many puzzle pieces. So, what is the difference between Scrum and other methods when starting a new business?
Seterhen Akbar Suriadinata, the Founder and Core Partner of Labtek Indie, provided his insight at a virtual event organized by The Greater Hub SBM ITB (22/09/2021). As the speaker, Seterhen Akbar Suriadinata or known as Saska, a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Pilot/Tech activist, shared his experiences with the scrum method.
Scrum is a framework to create products based on the “value-driven” mindset. With limited budget and time, first, we must know how to make our product attract consumers. Next, we make periodic improvements using iterative and incremental principles to provide the best value for users.
The Scrum workflow is frequently referred to as the scrum sprint. Starting with the product backlog, serving as the raw material for product production. Then, it is removed and added to the sprint backlog as the primary material to work on. Following the sprint backlog, the team will conduct a sprint, also known as working on the project. This sprint usually only focuses on the part of the project that you want to improve. As a result, each sprint usually lasts only 2-4 weeks. The outcomes of a single sprint typically result in functional software that always delivers shippable products.
“If the analogy is a home building project, sprint flow is like the instalment. We prepare the materials, then we focus on the living room first, followed by the dining room, and the others,” said the man who graduated from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
In applying the scrum method, business owners need to be agile. Being agile, like Leo Messi, is not the fastest, but it is necessary to be dynamic to improve in dealing with situations. It is accomplished by limiting the capacity of the human resources involved to reduce the complexity of communication among all team members.
The scrum team has three roles: the product owner as a client representative, the scrum master as a member representative, and the scrum team as a technician who develops the product.
“If it is compared to the Marvel film Avengers, the owner’s product is Nick Fury, who understands the current situation. Captain America is a scrum master who can keep track of all the other Avengers,” Saska stated.
At the end of the meeting, the interactive event, attended by over 300 tenants of The Greater Hub and the Indonesian Student Micro-Credentials Acceleration (KMMI) Bootcamp directed by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, opened a question and answer session about the scrum method.
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