Scrum makes it onto TV! ("Silicon Valley" show on HBO)

[Charles Bradley - Professional Scrum Trainer and Coach]

WARNING:  If you watch the real show, there is a fair amount vulgarity and sexual innuendo portrayed, so I recommend you watch it first before showing to others.


Scrum mentioned fairly heavily on "Silicon Valley" HBO tv show in USA.
Episode 5 is where Scrum is mentioned, about halfway through 30 minute
episode:
http://www.hbogo.com/?camp=GoG829#series/video&assetID=GOROSTGP42732?videoMode=infopagePreview/
(You have to be an HBO subscriber or some such to watch it, but you can see the Release Burndown in the thumbnail)


The scene is funny, and they don't totally murder Scrum(in terms portraying it) in the scene, and there is also talk about User Stories.  The scene pitches it as the two main programmers are now in
competition to get things done faster now that their progress is so
highly visible on the Scrum board.  Clearly the DoD is not spoken about, but the timebox/transparency pressure is on!

This is a "commentary show" to the real show(available on YouTube):

Scrum is discussed at 18:45 for about 3 minutes.

Anyone know who is advising the show?  I was surprised that they didn't totally screw it up.

 
-------
Charles Bradley
Professional Scrum Trainer
Scrum Coach-in-Chief
http://ScrumCrazy.com

[Adam Sroka]

Some time before becoming famous for Beavis and Butthead Mike Judge was a
programmer. He worked on the F/A-18 fighter program after graduating UCSD
with a BS in Physics. Then he moved to Silicon Valley and worked for a
startup for a while but reportedly hated it.

I don't know the credentials of the rest of the writing team, but Judge has
both the comedy chops and the industry experience to pull of this level of
satire on his own.


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Charles Bradley - Professional Scrum

WARNING: If you watch the real show, there is a fair amount vulgarity and
sexual innuendo portrayed, so I recommend you watch it first before showing
to others.
Scrum mentioned fairly heavily on "Silicon Valley" HBO tv show in USA.
Episode 5 is where Scrum is mentioned, about halfway through 30 minute
http://www.hbogo.com/?camp=GoG829#series/video&assetID=GOROSTGP42732?videoMode=infopagePreview/
(You have to be an HBO subscriber or some such to watch it, but you can
see the Release Burndown in the thumbnail)
The scene is funny, and they don't totally murder Scrum(in terms
portraying it) in the scene, and there is also talk about User Stories.
The scene pitches it as the two main programmers are now in competition to
get things done faster now that their progress is so highly visible on the
Scrum board. Clearly the DoD is not spoken about, but the
timebox/transparency pressure is on!
http://youtu.be/gUjcXxzejKc
Scrum is discussed at 18:45 for about 3 minutes.
Anyone know who is advising the show? I was surprised that they didn't
totally screw it up.
-------
Charles Bradley
Professional Scrum Trainer
Scrum Coach-in-Chief
http://ScrumCrazy.com <http://www.scrumcrazy.com/>

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I agree with you Adam, Thinking in a positive way (How could we improve next time?) it is much better than declare "Failed" Sprint.







Att.

Paulo Crespo Pereira, SwE, ITIL, PSM-I





From: Adam Sroka
Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎May‎ ‎7‎, ‎2014 ‎6‎:‎17‎ ‎PM
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Some time before becoming famous for Beavis and Butthead Mike Judge was a programmer. He worked on the F/A-18 fighter program after graduating UCSD with a BS in Physics. Then he moved to Silicon Valley and worked for a startup for a while but reportedly hated it.



I don't know the credentials of the rest of the writing team, but Judge has both the comedy chops and the industry experience to pull of this level of satire on his own.




On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Charles Bradley - Professional Scrum Trainer and Coach <chuck-***@emailchuck.com> wrote:











WARNING: If you watch the real show, there is a fair amount vulgarity and sexual innuendo portrayed, so I recommend you watch it first before showing to others.





Scrum mentioned fairly heavily on "Silicon Valley" HBO tv show in USA. Episode 5 is where Scrum is mentioned, about halfway through 30 minute episode:

http://www.hbogo.com/?camp=GoG829#series/video&assetID=GOROSTGP42732?videoMode=infopagePreview/

(You have to be an HBO subscriber or some such to watch it, but you can see the Release Burndown in the thumbnail)





The scene is funny, and they don't totally murder Scrum(in terms portraying it) in the scene, and there is also talk about User Stories. The scene pitches it as the two main programmers are now in competition to get things done faster now that their progress is so highly visible on the Scrum board. Clearly the DoD is not spoken about, but the timebox/transparency pressure is on!




This is a "commentary show" to the real show(available on YouTube):
http://youtu.be/gUjcXxzejKc
Scrum is discussed at 18:45 for about 3 minutes.



Anyone know who is advising the show? I was surprised that they didn't totally screw it up.



-------
Charles Bradley
Professional Scrum Trainer
Scrum Coach-in-Chief
http://ScrumCrazy.com