Victor, As it so happens, we are test driving ScrumWorks and I have been interfacing with Laszlo Szalvay. Small Agile world. I appreciate your comments and...
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Tamara Sulaiman
tsulaiman05
Jan 5, 2006 6:45 pm
Oh, wait, there's a general consensus that the project manager should not be the scrum master? Where? This one surprised me. Maybe a clarification of...
11049
Tobias Mayer
tobiasgmayer
Jan 5, 2006 7:04 pm
Mike, ... I don't see this absolutism that you see. I see ideals, I see hopes, I see goals, and I see a healthy striving to meet those. So much is about how...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 5, 2006 7:31 pm
... Perhaps it makes no sense. Or perhaps we make no sense of it. The two are not the same. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com I'm giving the best advice I...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 5, 2006 7:34 pm
... Well put, Tobias. Now I've disagreed strongly with you, and agreed strongly with you, in the very same day. A day like that is a good day. Ron Jeffries ...
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Tobias Mayer
tobiasgmayer
Jan 5, 2006 7:40 pm
Actually "Shallow Trust" was nothing more than a play-on-words (NetObjectives reference...) Clearly, the joke was ineffective. Sorry. Tobias ...
11053
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 5, 2006 8:20 pm
... The reason, my friend, is that "better" is generally in the same direction from where we are now. In the case of communication, "better" is in the...
11054
Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 5, 2006 8:39 pm
Interesting language: trust, loyality and "quixotic"; whatever that means. In my career I've spent time both as a developer and a Manager. As a developer I saw...
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Rachel Davies
rachelclaire...
Jan 5, 2006 8:43 pm
Mike, I just tried www.agilealliance.org and the website is site there. Rachel ... me, or a senior moment, or has the content gone somewhere? ... The Spiritual...
11056
Linda Rising
risingl2000
Jan 5, 2006 9:34 pm
Here's another from Harvard Business Review: Earl G. Graves, founder, chairman, and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Limited, whose businesses include Black Enterprise...
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Tobias Mayer
tobiasgmayer
Jan 5, 2006 9:40 pm
I think it moved here: http://www.agilealliance.com/ Rachel Davies <rachel.davies@...> wrote: Mike, I just tried www.agilealliance.org and the...
11058
Clinton Keith
clintonnkeith
Jan 5, 2006 10:26 pm
Thanks to everyone who gave feedback. Just to follow-up and summarize, we're going to do the following based on some of the advice: - Develop a new...
11059
scrum@...
Jan 6, 2006 12:30 am
Hi all Firstly best wishes for the new year ... I have developed a Scrum Reference Card for our team so that we can ensure that we are aligning ourselves to...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Jan 6, 2006 1:06 am
Graeme, Looks quite presentable. Hope my suggestions would not make it too cluttered. The source of the product backlog appears to be missing. One might get...
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Tobias Mayer
tobiasgmayer
Jan 6, 2006 1:52 am
Graeme, I think this is a great diagram, and I hope to be able to take you up on your "Free to use" offer soon. I agree with Steve that the feedback arrow from...
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mpkirby@...
mpk2
Jan 6, 2006 2:21 am
... The cynic in me says that when there isn't a lot of trust, the only way to do it successfully is through a lot of fear. I think most groups (SW development...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 6, 2006 2:35 am
... First reaction: cool! I'll have to give it a deeper look of course. Neat... Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Speculation or experimentation - which is...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Jan 6, 2006 2:56 am
Organizations where neither trust nor fear rule generally will allow one to build islands of trust and then expand those islands via demonstrated success. ...
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Nick Xidis
nxidis
Jan 6, 2006 3:22 am
Very nice. Thank you very much for opening it up without charge. NX ... -- Nick Xidis nxidis@... We are here to make another world. (Deming)...
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scrum@...
Jan 6, 2006 5:07 am
Thanks for your comments so far, I will collate these and update the card this weekend (unfortunately tonight i wont be able to do it :-)) and release a v0.91...
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Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 6, 2006 6:53 am
Hi, I mentioned two value thinking in my last post. The words fear and trust have been mentioned several times, there are alternatives. For example ...
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Mike Schenk
mike_schenk
Jan 6, 2006 7:12 am
Graeme, This looks very nice! Just a few suggestions: In the "Sprint Daily Activities" box, it's a little unclear whether the items are supposed to be done...
11069
beckfordp
Jan 6, 2006 10:57 am
Hi, I wonder if someone can give me some advice. On my current project we have got to the stage where our customer intends to use our software. We have made...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 6, 2006 11:51 am
... Very interesting point, Paul. I often recognize fear in team situations, and have had the habit of referring to it by that term. I generally try to replace...
11071
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 6, 2006 12:02 pm
... I would try to proceed as described here, but I am famous for having fear about branches. Brad Appleton, on the other hand, is a god of SCM and has no such...
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beckfordp
Jan 6, 2006 1:21 pm
Hi Ron, Yes, that's my preference too. Just got to convince everyone else :^) Thanks, Paul....
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beckfordp
Jan 6, 2006 2:11 pm
Hi Ron, ... trust ... Just a ... fear ... Yes, the term judgement has a conitation that implies coming to a quick decision without obtaining all the facts. For...
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Mike Dwyer
protraveler1
Jan 6, 2006 4:17 pm
Yup it did. Thanks. Michael F. Dwyer "Planning constantly peers into the future for indications as to where a solution may emerge." "A Plan is a complex...
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Dan Rawsthorne
drawstho
Jan 6, 2006 7:36 pm
Clint, I believe in letting the team figure it out. The first question I would pose to them is "can you guys figure out the new structure, or should we get...
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Clinton Keith
clintonnkeith
Jan 6, 2006 10:08 pm
Dan, We're going to definitely let the team figure it out (with an outside Agile coach) in a few weeks once we get our Epics for the releases identified. Diana...
