Schedule of the activity

Duration: 4 hours

Sprint timeline

The workshop involves three sprints of three workdays (i.e. 8 minute blocks). Each sprint takes 45 minutes.

• Sprint planning with product owner: 5 minutes (writing task cards, prioritization)
• Day 1 stand-up: 2 minutes (no work allowed, only discussion of who did what and will do what)
• Day 1 work: 8 minutes
• Day 2 stand-up: 2 minutes (no work allowed, only discussion of who did what and will do what)
• Day 2 work: 8 minutes
• Day 3 stand-up: 2 minutes (no work allowed, only discussion of who did what and will do what)
• Day 3 work: 8 minutes
• Demonstration to product owner: 5 minutes (goals for next sprint are communicated)
• Retrospective: 5 minutes (4 minutes in team, 1 minute for finding themes across teams)

Activity timeline

• 00:00 - Introductions, separating in teams
  • Name tags “the agile way” (blue painter’s tape and sharpie)
  • Assign teams randomly
  • Request that each team appoints a scrum master
  • Watch agile scrum video
• 00:10 - What is agile?
  • Introduction on agile methodology
  • Agile manifesto
  • Development cycle and recurring milestones
• 00:20 - The mission!
  • Presentation on the CubeSat Mission Objectives (see templates)
• 00:40-01:25 - Sprint 1 (see above)
• 01:25-02:10 - Sprint 2 (see above)
• 02:10:02:55 - Sprint 3 (see above)
• 02:55-03:15 - Break
• 03:15 - Chair flying (10 minutes per team)
  • mission director acts as ground control and asks questions related to the acceptance criteria,
  • team acts out launch (check weight balance) and first orbit (check power status while in Earth’s shadow).
• 03:45 - Close-out discussion and reflection
  • Did you experience increased productivity in the later sprints?
  • What do you think are the advantages of this way of working in teams?