Thanks Manik for wondeful explanation. Now let me take this hospital example one step ahead. We all know that epic is one level above theme.What will be epic...
Ajitesh, I represent the other side - I run a service company and would be willing to hire a consultant who could look into our process and provide coaching as...
Friends, Just curious to know how bright the prospects are in the S/W industry now w.r.t. undertaking independent consultancy for Agile/XP/Scrum/Lean etc. Pls...
A theme could be as simple as this: "Decrease page load speeds by 30%" - then it could have user stories concerning individual pages prioritized by more...
Hello All, I am a new member to this group and this is my first communication to you all. My name is Rajamanickam (shortly 'Raja'). I am a CSM and SCAMPI LA....
Dushy, Themes are what we have been calling logical portions of the functionality in this functionality. Formal Definition : A product development roadmap can...
Dushy, Themes are not formal units of measuring scrum artifacts. Theme can be considred as iteration milestone. If the scrum is for 2 weeks then the iteration...
Hi, Can anyone give me a theme example?  Let me take a non software example.I think lets take a case of hospital. This is a higher level user story : A. As...
I agree with Sarath and Vikrama that this probably is the easiest way to distribute the work. There are other considerations also. What is the reason for...
+1 for Sarath. Divide the product backlog so that each division is complete logicially. Hence, team in location 1 works on registration flow - team 2 can work...
Hi Dushy, There are different ways of working with large product back logs with a multi team situation. Normally we get the product owner to split the product...
Dear All, Recently I got to meet the product owner located onsite. And as we have distributed teams across the globe, I learnt couple of things just being part...
Yup! The prioritization should always be with the product owner/ manager. It is the team's responsibility to highlight all the work required to "meet the...
In my opinion, Traditional means, Waterfall method that we are following years together. It gives lot of pressure at the end of SDLC or at the delivery time....
Hi, One thing to add from my prspective I would ask the Team - Whatever they are doing in stabilization/prerelease sprint - could it have been done as part...
I think by traditional they mean usual way software is developed - placing an emphasis on becoming a soothsayer [what would work and how] rather than...
This does not make any sense since it doesn't define what is traditional. I don't think there is anything called traditional since the methodologies are...
wel, I do agree with Sarath to a large extent - we are not living in a perfect world ! that doesnt meen we keep debts lying around - if your organization are...
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Hi, Â Just came across the see-saw comparison of scrum vs traditional approach. I am not so convinced with this comparison as there are other differences...
One of the definition of "potentially releasable software" I have come across is software which is just one sprint away from releasing. This sprint can be...
Hi Dushy, Agree with most of what Sarath says. And also agree with Ilja! Stuff like technical debt, critical bugs and so on should be handled during the...
Hi Ilja, Come on dont be so harsh on teams that do stabilization sprints! While what you say is true, there are real challenges that need to be taken care of...
Hi, I came across a "stabilization sprint" term in one of the presentations. What is "stabilization sprint" and what should be done with it? Has anyone ever...
Hi I am a CSP and a CSM. I am sure you already have a completed your CSM or CSPO certification before you plan to go for CSP as there is no training for CSP....
Ha, I was going to ask for the same. Thanks Archana! :) @Sarath: As far as I am concerned I'm mostly interested in what the focus of the training is. All the...
hi Archana, I am a CSP, is there any thing specific that you are looking for? Please feel free to send me a mail any time. thanks, sarath. ... -- Thanks, ...
Hi, I am practicing agile since past couple of years & am planning to go for the CSP certification soon. Is there any one who has done CSP recently and can...
Hi all, I'm Dominique. Just took the CSM course by Pete Deemer here in Bangalore last weekend. I'm an IT Consultant working largely in the eCommerce...
Hi, We are looking for a couple of teams to use our new Agile Collaboration Desktop product. We are looking for a small team (< 7 members) that is already...
Dear All, Couple of project leaders from various scrum teams in my organization discussed the Requirement elicitation in agile with me. What I concluded from...