Hi, As far as i understand, Kanban does not differ from "more traditional" agile methodologies using iterations in the perspective of distributed vs....
Hi, Interesting mail thread. I agree with most, I wouldn't make a general assumption about social skills of Chinese engineers, instead think it has more to do...
Hi, This is the latest article I found of Scrum Alliance regarding the CSM exam: http://www.scrumalliance.org/resource_download/1059 Basically they want to...
Hi, I've seen different planning pokers provides by different companies. But the numbers on the cards are not always the same. To list a few combinations: ...
As long as the numbers work fine and your team members feel comfortable with them. ... -- Jacky Li Agile Consultant @ThoughtWorks Editor @InfoQ China/Agile ...
I found sth online that may give the answer. Why do the cards deviate slightly from the Fibonacci sequence? We¡¯re anal software people, too. We know that...
BTW, once Mike Cohn explained why he use 20 instead of 21 which is a Fibinacci #. The reason simply is there is no big difference for an estimate of 20 and 21....
I agree the number itself does not really matter since it is all based on relative thinking. However, I wonder why "13" in particular? Is it because something...
... there is a simple reason, if you pick several matchsticks, you could relatively easily count 13 matchsticks with one glance, with 21 matchsticks, you may...
Hi 13 is already big. 21 is huge. For story, the smaller, the better. If you monitor Ron Jeffries in ScrumDevelopment group. He is not recommending using story...
The target shall at least be to make item size in one order of magnitude before bringing them into sprint planning. This is achieved through continuous backlog...
Hi, I found interesting description about the typical evolution duirng team's maturation on self-mananing, from the book "leading self-directed work teams". At...
Some update regarding the local gathering. We (He Mian, me and a few others) are thinking of organizing a Shanghai gathering by our own community in Dec....
Sometime ago, I started a thread "Dedicate Tester in an Agile Team". As summarized by InfoQ article, most members on the group agreed that having a dedicated...
I strongly support the idea, and I'm sure there will be interest on the part of my ScrumMaster team in participating. I'll also follow up on what type of...
... Having specialized testing skill in your team, or having independent testing mindset in your team, is really valuable. While this doesn't mean you have to...
Still in Scrum guide, "During the Sprint, the Scrum Master ensures that no changes are made that would affect the Sprint goal" It happened that in the middle...
Hi, I think you should think out-of-the-box first. Who wants to change the scope and the goal ofthe sprint? Is it the product owner or stakeholders? Why? Is it...
A shorter iteration might be helpful, but still can not solve the problem. Product owner is doing good. This just happened that suddenly some requirements has...
If it's like this, the product owner and the team should decide together how to handle it. As far as they agree the solution is the best for this situation,...
... I would be interested to know what do you mean by "Scrum guide"? and what is your understanding of "Sprint Goal" : - why we need it - what is the value -...
I agree with Ken. And very strongly so. Testing should begin even with requirements (invesT); and similar to TDD it should not only be a testing activity, it...
Hi, The idea behind the practice of no priority change after sprint planning unless sprint termination is to keep the balance between responding to change and...
Hi guys, Just to let you know we will provide the first public Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course in Chinese in Beijing given by Lv Yi on the 27-28 November. ...
Just let you know that we are working further on a gathering on Dec.12 (Saturday) in Shanghai. The registration notice with more information shall come out...
I would like to think the team need a testing coach, instead of need a dedicated tester. The traditional software process limit the developer to spend more...
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