Entry 3, Day 4

Before an application is created, we need people to do that. People assume different roles, and I’ll try to define them today.

I thought, I will be using SCRUM framework, but actually by definition you can’t have SCRUM if you have only one person (unless we are talking split personality or other mental disorder). As you may know, Scrum Master and Product owner cant be the same person because of conflict of interests. However lets forget about that for a moment and take a look:

Client – The guy with money, needs and usually little to no idea how exactly to fulfill those needs with proper software. He wants stuff done quickly, cheaply and with high quality and finds it hard to understand that he has to pick one of those three. Usually does nor understand technology and people creating it.

Product Owner – This is the guy that is patient enough to talk to Client without cutting himself. He is able to find out what actually Client needs, what is most important for him and translates this into prioritized User Stories. Then he comes to the Dev Team and tries to explain what needs to be done to make Client happy.

Dev Team – Bunch of guys who talk strangely, gather in circle and sacrifice coffee to summon and control software. At least that’s how it looks like from the Client point of view. Dev Team has all the skills, resources and pizza required to create an Increment – working piece of software that can be thrown at production servers and will not cause a disaster. Or at least not a big one, small to medium seems to be tolerated on most circumstances.

Scrum Master – Invisible ninja who makes sure the other three do not kill each other. Basically knows the Scrum Grimoire by heart and guards the entire process not to go bananas. Should also has a healthy amount of common sense and transfer some of it to relevant party if needed.

So, I am going to be the Client, the Product Owner, the Dev Team and the Scrum Master in one person.

Besides talking (writing) a lot I’ve done a bit of investigation in hosting department. Nothing special.