I have done few transition projects in agile mode. It is very tricky as they depend on technology. The transition is done in 4 iterations (with one or more...
I need a clarification here, I am trying out Agilo tool, In this tool I have an understanding of the relation between requirement, tasks, user stories, Can you...
The way I generally look at it : Tasks belong to user stories belong to requirements. Basically, user story is a specific requirement. Example: Improve the...
Adding to Vikram's explanation, I have some more *practical definitions*which we have been using successfully for quite some time. Here is a summary of it: ...
This definitely answer's my question, thanks Vikram and Jay for quck and detailed reply with examples, I am glad I came across this group, this will definitely...
Hello Prashanth: I have attended Pete's CSM class in 2007. It was definitely worth it - not for the certification it gave, but practical, detailed and thorough...
Rama & Group, I am glad to have found this group. I am an Agile enthusiast and have been practicing Agile/Scrum Project Management for a while. I have...
Rama & Group, I would love to contribute my experience with you. I have passion for agile. You can connect to me or give me your contact details so that I can...
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All, If you can excuse me for a short self promotion, please find my article published in the latest issue of AgileJournal. Would appreciate any feedback and...
Hi All,  Please let me know, if there is any scrum master certification course in India being conducted in Pune or Mumbai in next 2 months.  Regards, ...
Hello, If you are not particular about the location, there are three courses scheduled in July in Hyderabad and Chennai. You can register for them from here: ...
Hello group, Can someone please help me with some pointers on upcoming SCRUM training/discussion sessions in Delhi/Gurgaon/Noida or anywhere in NCR? It would...
I will be happy to volunteer to do this. However, I am too far away from NCR - I am in Kochi, Kerala at the moment. Thanks Manoj Vadakkan, CSM, CSP, PMP -- ...
Here we go : http://www.goodagile.com/ All upcoming courses are listed here. Thanks ================================================================ Please...
Hi All,   I wanted to know your experiences with a particular aspect of the Sprint Planning.  In our organization, scrum master  leads the first part of...
Velocity is the metric used by the PO to plan out Sprints & Releases. Velocity and Point estimates for user stories give the PO the numbers to plan. Point...
The team "*Velocity*" could be used here by the Product Owner. Based on a team's current velocity or improved velocity over couple of sprints, the Product...
Dushy, At the beginning of a project, we do an estimate on the product backlog in terms of story points. We will also have to do a estimate on the velocity of...
*The product owner prioritizes the user stories based upon product objectives and stakeholders requirements. Does product owner has high level estimates...
Hi, I would recommend you to read following book. Agile estimation and planning - by mike cohen Its a wonderful book and it has nice case study and exaplins...
Thanks all for the inputs. What I see missing is Budget Plannning and distributed scrum measurements.  Till now I understand that P.O does high and he...
Hello Dushy, ... I agree with your opinion. At the beginning of the project, we put together the product backlog (this is not the requirements!) and come up...
I have concerns over estimation methodology used in scrum. Had been spawning across couple of sites, but wasnt satisfied. Just want to know from others...
Hi Dushy, Story points reflects complexity of the user story. Story point is a relative measure. This means we will choose one user story as the reference and...
If I understand it right, you mean to say that We choose one user story as a reference for particular user story type. E.g. In each of  the user stories...
Hi Dushy, In Scrum, there is nothing like analysis stories, coding stories and so on. A user story is an end to end piece of functionality. So, if I have a...
Also, in software nothing is tangible. So what is a criterion to say that if another story is equally complex to reference user story (with story point as 1),...
Hi Dushy, The backlog is estimated by the entire team using the "Planning Poker" method. The estimation is not done by the Product Owner. If you google for...
Dushy, These are great question and these are question that usually come up in a scrum class or first scrum project. If you/your organization can, I suggest...