The IEEE SWEBOK is currently under public review and they are looking for additional reviewers. Since they don't even mention XP, Agile, Scrum, etc., it would...
In light of Mike Beedle's messages about functional programming languages, here's information a new language coming from Microsoft (not necessarily soon) that...
In case you haven't seen the new issue of STQE (www.stqemagazine.com <http://www.stqemagazine.com/> ) there's a good article called "The Product Champion" in...
I'm running through Corps Business, a most amazing and well written book and was jotting down my notes on the application of the ideas in the book to Scrum and...
I hope there will be an opportunity in the future to have it in Paris (France). I look forward to Ken's tutorial at the Agile Development Conference. I will be...
Can a chicken offer help to remove an impediment or toward making a decision during a daily scrum meeting? Or should they approach the Scrum Master afterwards?...
For organizations that prefer to continue putting all their effort into up-front predictive planning of software development schedules, this sponsored message...
During the discussion of burn-up charts, now renamed build-up charts, I have encountered several people talking about 'scope creep'. Personally, I do not...
For anyone who wasn't fortunate enough to be in Ken's ScrumMaster class last week, you really missed a great class. I think there were 30 or so of us in the...
This new group is about the study and application of living metaphors – the patterns of life, to computer systems and human organizations. A place to speak...
I hereby admit to committing the error of forwarding to this group an announcement-in-development a couple of days ago, which had a couple of errors in it. I...
I'll be holding a Certified ScrumMaster class in Boston on July 14 and 15 (see www.controlchaos.com/certifiedscrum for more details). Attendees will be...
AgileAlliance has put together a great conference. Find out more at http://agiledevelopmentconference.com/. Dear Agile friend and colleague, Due to the soft...
Scrum/XBreed beats the odds once again and delivers in 2+ months a comprehensive high quality Hipaa Privacy solution for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee ...
I could use some advice from the group. Our group adapted Scrum about 5 months ago in the middle of a project that was failing. We since extended this to a...
Hello, I'm just starting to do some project management and have read through the SCRUM book a time or two and am looking forward to using SCRUM ideas on an up...
Hi group. I've a little doubt... We are migrating from RUP to SCRUM for the project management... We are 30 people, in teams composed by 1 domain-analyst...
Mary, This is why Jarzombek reported in 1999 that out of a total cost of $37 on DOD projects analyzed, 75% failed or were never used and only 2% were used ...
I recently ran into yet another reason why people do not raise a red flag when things are not going well. I was at a site where extremely time-critical...
Leonardo, As you will see from some of the slides in my Scrum Theory presentation, 2-3 person teams are twice as productive as 7 person teams. Seven person...
I have an interesting problem with SCRUM. We do international project management and last year after persuasive talks by Dan Rawsthorne we have started using...
I'm very interested to hear of any experiences in getting an Issue Tracking tool to facilitate the management needs of Scrum. Philosophically, I don't like the...
In this e-mail: - Limited Seats Remaining - Will Another ScrumMaster Certification be held? - What is Scrum? * Limited Seats Remaining The first Toronto Scrum...
Thanks for the fantastic response, Mike. I appreciate the ideas about how to manage having a hydra for a Product Owner, but that actually wasn't the issue....
I am conducting a Scrum tutorial at XP2003, as well as holding a Scrum Certification training class in June in Milan. Apparently, some people are holding off...
