(responding to George) ... As a mentor, the artefacts are useful to me for the same reason we were told to "show the workings" in maths classes. Once the ...
(responding to Richard) (I wrote this before reading the reply from the other Paul; I've added a postscript) ... Don't take this as criticism, just something...
In the article "The Essential Unified Process - an Introduction", Ivar Jacobson International explains that: "We need a smart process, one that is based upon...
Hi Ron, ... Your words are well chosen. I was watching a demo by Alan Kay yesterday. It basically was a self admitted "old farts" winge about all the things...
Hello Tobias, Thanks for your email. On Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at 6:29:55 AM, ... I think I'd rather have smart people ... Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
(responding to Tobias) ... Waypointer is great at helping you to write artefacts to conform to standards. Some of these standards can be set by the client. I...
Ron, so would I. And I would want them to be smart about, among other things, when it pays to transform implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge, and when it...
Hello Ken, Thanks for your email. On Monday, July 31, 2006, at 9:42:12 AM, you ... Yes. What is most interesting to me in that regard is that the word ...
Hello Tobias, Thanks for your email. On Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at 7:28:12 AM, ... Yes. As a rule of thumb, I'd guess that 90 percent of what a team knows...
... Yes, that's probably true. Anyone selling the tool would deny that of course. Another thing to be concerned about might be whether a tool like this would...
I've talked to God about this and he/she refuses to make me the sole source of knowledge regarding Scrum, if you can imagine that. Direct communication with...
I love smart processes _____ From: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tobias Fors Sent: Tuesday, August...
Interesting, do you think that there's anything that can/should be done to change that? What have you found to be the main causes of said turnover? thanks, ......
... Let me start by saying that I DO NOT support any rebranding of Agile, its goals, values or principles for the sake of purposeless marketing just as much as...
... Hi Giora, Whilst I think I understand what you mean, your post left me feeling rather uneasy. The thing is that language is important. The language we use...
Unfortunately, my experience has shown that as Scrum get adopted, 20% of Scrum practices will be ignored by the professionals, and 40% of the practices will be...
As I mentioned previously I'm telling all recruiters that putting anyone in key positions in development that is not steeped in Agile, and preferably Scrum, is...
... Where is the coach or Scrum Master then? This is one of the things I will not have nor did I ever allow them. Of course, as an external coach, it is easier...
... Yes, and as an external coach, I can see where that's political suicide unless you have the support of a large political ally. ... Yes, but how many times...
... I just want to get a clarification here. 1. You are a proponent of accurate estimation. 2. You are a proponent of Scrum. 3. You are a proponent of story...
... Usually the one big alley I ever had was money. "That guy costs us a shot load of cash, he has a good reputation, maybe we should start listening to him" ...
... and ... ways of ... I'm ... bloke ... kind ... Ahh, the Cowboy Coder. I am guessing that this gentleman was difficult even before Scrum came about....
Hi, I am a developer doing some support work of an agile project. My team mate keep criticising agile methodologies. His points are: Agile is not good for...
... The SMs attended the certification class, but as many of you have experienced, some of them simply didn't "get it", i.e. the agile principles. At other...
... BeckfordP I couldn't agree with you more. What many large companies and practitioners are calling "Agile" is far from the Agile value-system that you and...
Hi All, Is there some place where all the upcoming CSM trainings are posted? I need to send 4 of my guys for the CSM training and am looking for the closest ...
Ask your team mate if he'd like some comprehensive documentation that was consistently wrong. In my experience, and that of many others, documentation never...
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Aug 1, 2006 4:12 pm
If documentation is important to the team, then it becomes part of your backlog. Our team always have training documentation and design artifacts as backlog...
In our org our software is developed using scrum, AND our support organization is a scrum team as well. We've had to come up with some creative ways to deal...
