How to make pancakes? Don’t know what to begin with?  Use Scrum Framework!

Pancake Week has begun and it’s time to make pancakes. This time I had the idea to change the recipe a little, according to which I usually bake pancakes. Today I realized – I do it using Scrum! This is also the development and release of the product. There are stakeholders, iterations, inspection and adaptation. There is a vision of the product. Agree? Let’s have a brief overview of what I did in the morning.

The First Sprint, duration 20 minutes:

Planning. Sprint Goal is  to bake delicious pancakes with a new recipe. The Acceptance Criteria: one pancake, the size – not bigger than a plate, the pancake is with holes and not very sweet. I made and decomposed my recipe, took all necessary ingredients, tools and made a plan for what I would do in the first Sprint.

Daily Scrum Meeting. What did I do? I prepared ingredients and tools. What is my plan? To begin and finish “the development” of the first pancake. Do I have any obstacles to achieve the goal? No. Let’s begin.

My Sprint has begun: I mixed the ingredients, made the dough and baked the first pancake.

Sprint Review. There is an increment. Unfortunately, the first pancake turned out badly: it was too sweet, there were no holes. I couldn’t flip the pancake to the other side, it broke.

Retrospective. I made the revision, what was bad and what was good. What went wrong: the dough was too liquid. I decided what could be improved. I had my plan of action: add flour and one more egg.

Well, I had three Sprints of 20 min each and the result was perfect: right-sized, delicious pancakes with holes.

Here they are:

Scrum is with us not only at work, but also in everyday life. Did you pay attention to it? Share your experience: where do you apply/implement Scrum? I wil be happy if you share your experince.

Bonus for the Pancakes Lovers, the recipe:

You need:

2 chicken eggs

2 tablespoons of sugar

1/3 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1 cup of hot milk

1 cup of hot water

6 tablespoons of flour

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

Deep bowl

Mixer

Ladle

Non-stick frying pan

Optional: butter

The process of cooking:

1. In a bowl beat the eggs, add sugar, salt, and baking powder. Mix all ingredients with a mixer at low speed until it becomes homogeneous
2. Heat the cup of milk and the cup of water. It is better that the temperature of the milk and water is approximately the same.
3. Heat the cup of milk and the cup of water. It is desirable that the temperature of the milk and water is approximately the same.
4. Pour the cup of hot milk into the bowl and mix with the mixer until it becomes homogeneous.
5. Pour the cup of hot milk into the bowl and mix with the mixer until it becomes homogeneous.
6. Pour the cup of hot water into the bowl and mix with the mixer until homogeneous. There will be foam – it’s ok, don’t worry.
7. Add 2 tablespoons of flour and mix with the mixer until homogeneous. Repeat this step three times until all 6 tablespoons of flour are added.
8. Add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the resulting dough and mix with the mixer until homogeneous. Put it aside for 5 minutes.
9. Mix the dough with a mixer and you can start baking pancakes.
10. Pour a little dough onto a well-heated skillet and spread it over the entire surface.
11. When the edges of the pancake are almost browned, carefully flip the pancake to the other side.
12. It is better to stack the pancakes on a plate and cover them with a lid or another plate so that they do not cool down and soak. Then they will be soft and tender.

Enjoy your pnacakes!

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