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...
I had a great experience today. I visited a team was doing their iteration planning meeting discussing the stories they would take on that iteration, with the...
Hello, We have been working off of spreadsheets and this will be our first crack at storyboarding. At the Agile conference, I observed examples of story...
Well I guess I should jump the bandwagon. Some thoughts on "Flow" and how agile might be able to help with that. http://ikokoo.com -- Sent from gmail so do not...
I have to share this with everyone... I've been running scrum effectively now for about 6 months and apart from the occasional stakeholder trying to override...
Hi Folks, Please excuse the SPAM - due to circumstances beyond our control we had to change the meeting location AGAIN. I apologize for any inconvenience this...
Hello all, I have posted this message in XP and APM group. Somebody recommended me to seek help here. Sorry if the duplicated message bother you. I am a...
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...
In the article "The Essential Unified Process - an Introduction", Ivar Jacobson International explains that: "We need a smart process, one that is based upon...
I recently purchased Mike Cohen's book on User Stories Applied, but I also read "Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP by Matt Stephens and Doug...
For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area: Save THURSDAY August 3rd FOR Ivar Jacobson on Essential Unified Process NEW LOCATION! -- See link below for...
(from the thread "Google") ... Ron Jeffries: Sometimes I do feel people are a tad bit too cynical. ... I don't hear David's comment as cynical. I hear it as...
What process are people using to add up the daily remaining estimated hours for Sprint tasks for the burndown chart? Right now our Scrum Masters are writing...
Some of the business folks at my company feel the sprint planning meetings are too expensive. They're wanting to shorten them (from what generally takes 4 to...
Hi all, To several Agile Manifesto authors I asked what was perhaps an impolite question today. I asked whether there was anything in the Agile Manifesto...
Hello, I've read through "XP Explained" and enjoyed the explanation of values, principles and practices for XP. Simply put, principles are the bridge between...
Scrum is a Project Managment wrapper. We can use any software engineering methodologies for the project. For example we can wrap XP with Scrum. XP for...
I wanted to share with you an experiment I've been running for the last several months, in hopes that it might spark some interesting conversation. It's the...
A recent survey published in the McKinsey Quarterly might be useful ammunition for those trying to convince mainstream buyers of the importance of being agile:...
Hello- I am an IT recruiter who has a job opportunity in NYC for a SCRUMMASTER in NYC. It is a full time opportunity for an online advertising company and they...
Hi all I have just prepared a spreadsheet for using in our project, feel free to use it, there is some mockup data in it. Feel free to comment, suggest or...
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its archive section the article "Agile Delivery at British Telecom". This article describes the approach...
The following is the twice-monthly list of ScrumMaster Certification, Product Owner Certification, and other classes taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. July...
Hi all Im currently reading Mike Cohns book and am a bit confused. Im also reading edward de bono's lateral thinking, the two combined, im very confused :-) ...
The Scrum Exchange: Palo Alto, CA, 7/8 September 2006 ...is an open event aimed at all those involved in, or intrigued by Scrum and other Agile practices. The...
from: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/24/technology/24yahoo.html?pagewanted=2 [penultimate paragraph of 2 page article] "Meanwhile, Yahoo says it is now trying...
I have a feeling that Dawson's original request for conversations on change management and my 2 cents on obstacles that keep getting in the way of a sprint are...
