Hi, We're experimenting with a live text stream of Sanjiv's event through Facebook. So, even if you are out of Chennai, you can still participate. Here is how:...
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Mukkesh Kumar
mukesh_8
Sep 1, 2010 11:38 am
How to do size estimate in scrum for product backlog items ? Thanks Mukkesh Sent from my iPhone...
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Siddharta Govindaraj
photon_ent
Sep 2, 2010 5:01 am
Okay, looks like the live stream didn't work too well. Facebook only showed _some_ of the status updates, not all, and different people saw different updates,...
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Divakar Singh
dpsmails
Sep 2, 2010 9:12 am
What is the level of the items to be estimated: Theme/Epic/User Story? Best Regards, Divakar ... From: Mukkesh Kumar <mukesh_8@...> Subject:...
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pankaj215
Sep 12, 2010 3:58 pm
Please suggest on team structure recommendations in Distributed Agile Model where team is located at more than one place. On the same line, what is Agile...
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pankaj215
Sep 12, 2010 4:04 pm
Mike Cohn has presented some great content on Agile estimation in cluding his book "Agile estimation and Planning". This is good link to start with. Good Luck ...
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Siddharta Govindaraj
photon_ent
Sep 12, 2010 4:15 pm
... The best structure is to have separate cross-functional teams at each location, each with its own scrum master and product owner. What you definitely don't...
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Rajeev Agarwal
rajeev.agarwal
Sep 12, 2010 4:52 pm
To add to that, its good to have one of the team member as the scrum master for every team. If you have dedicated scrum masters (only doing the scrum master...
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pankaj215
Sep 12, 2010 5:01 pm
Thanks Rajeev & Sid These are welcome suggestions and really appreciate quick responses. I joined this forum today itself and liked the responsiveness and...
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Jesse Fewell
JesseFewell
Sep 12, 2010 6:50 pm
I agree with Sid, and offer one more bit of advice... If you are just starting out with large distributed organization, another best-practice is to start with...
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pankaj215
Sep 13, 2010 2:13 am
Thanks, In case where co-location is not possible, in typical global model. What are the recommendations, some of these I can think of… ~ Working for...
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Siddharta Govindaraj
photon_ent
Sep 13, 2010 3:02 am
... Well, there are many adaptations for distributed teams. Here is a list - http://bit.ly/91KsSq Try each and see which ones work for you. It varies from team...
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Vikrama Dhiman
vickydhiman
Sep 13, 2010 12:45 pm
I think it is important to understand that Scrum was designed keeping some things as a given. One of them was a co-located team. It can be sometimes...
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pankaj215
Sep 13, 2010 2:19 pm
Thanks All, Great responses!!!...
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monica_yap
Sep 17, 2010 7:42 pm
There are many good suggestions on this thread. I think Scrum is better for distributed development vs. other methods, since it is driven by frequent inspect...
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pankaj215
Sep 21, 2010 12:43 pm
Thanks Monika!!! I saw your white paper on distributed agile model, very interesting!!! Great work!!!...
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Dushy Singh
dushysingh25
Sep 23, 2010 3:31 pm
Dear All, Â Recently after completing some sprints, we discovered a new metric called as Achieved DONE ness defined as ratio of the sum of the story points of...
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Manoj Vadakkan
manojvp100
Sep 23, 2010 4:00 pm
Dushy, These are the questions pops out in my head when I read your note is this.. Why is there a discrepancy between product owner’s definition of...
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Jesse Fewell
JesseFewell
Sep 24, 2010 12:55 am
... I understand what you are trying to accomplish here, and I agree. Namely, you want a metric that reveals the cost and error of a team over-committing, in...
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Pushkar M. Tamboli
pushkar_tamboli
Sep 29, 2010 4:51 am
Jesse, Thats a good index. Actually the problem i see with you team is they are doing *done* part only and not the *done done* part. Done = Business done...
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Siddharta Govindaraj
photon_ent
Sep 29, 2010 5:27 am
IMHO, I dont get the point of tracking this metric. Getting a story done should be a hard stop. If its not engineering done, then it shouldn't even go to the...
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Divakar Singh
dpsmails
Sep 29, 2010 5:30 am
+1 to Siddharta. Making Scrum very complex and metrics based can only help in making you less Agile. Best Regards, Divakar ... From: Siddharta Govindaraj...
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Vikrama Dhiman
vickydhiman
Sep 29, 2010 6:56 am
+1. I also feel "speed" is context dependent and might not be an important criteria in some situations. Agile principles will, ideally speed up things but...
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Jesse Fewell
JesseFewell
Sep 29, 2010 7:09 am
Each team should derive the measurements *they* need, in order to understand how well they are doing. Siddharta is right in that the team should view the...
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Madhur Kathuria
madhurgenius
Oct 12, 2010 6:39 am
... From: Organization Committee <org@...> Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:39 PM Subject: Gentle Reminder: Registrations Open for Agile Tour...
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poojawandile
Oct 20, 2010 12:49 pm
Hi, I am struggling with velocity measurement for an onsite-offshore model. A user story is jointly owned by onsite as well as offshore team members and hence...
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Siddharta Govindaraj
photon_ent
Oct 20, 2010 1:46 pm
... Hi Pooja, What do you mean by owning the story? Is the offshore team developing only parts of the story, or the whole thing? Also, why does the onsite team...
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Ravi Rajamiyer
ravirajamiyer
Oct 20, 2010 2:20 pm
Hello Pooja, This relates closely to my current situation as a Scrum Master for a scaled Scrum project involving two offshore scrum teams with on-site team...
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nanda lankalapalli
nlankalapalli
Oct 20, 2010 2:28 pm
IMO, velocity should only be used for planning purposes. If it is used to measure team's performance, that could lead to unwanted side effects. I didn't...
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Divakar Singh
dpsmails
Oct 20, 2010 3:57 pm
Pooja, The best situation for distributed team is when they are not working on same user stories at a time. Though there are tools and a few methods which aid...
