How Agile broke peace in steady Casino Business

What the talk is about

Evgeniy Safonov explains how a company that supplies video slots and other casino games to online operators introduced Scrum into a steady business. He outlines the industry: player audience, devices, how players pick games in lobbies, and market challenges such as competition, regulation and certification. He then covers Agile basics: iterations, backlog, user stories, and the product owner and scrum master roles. The company had practiced a "fake" Scrum for years until new management introduced value-based user stories, a definition of done and retrospectives, which teams initially resisted. His lessons: start change with a small team, don't give up at the first difficulties, and expect cross-skilled teams to take time. Results include more even workload, clearer status, partial releases and shorter certification. Useful for managers and teams moving to Agile.