Hi, I think Ron has a good point here, in that all these technologies are great when the people you are interacting with are not next to you. But do you really...
Eben, I realize that the telegraph wires and signal fires of my day seem puny in comparison to the wonders of IM and Web 2.0. Yes, these marvelous shiny...
Hello All, While I agree with all that has been said, maybe we are missing a trick here. A tool (maybe even a simple spread-sheet) can help is keeping track of...
I couldn't agree with you more. Not that we can be objective in certain places, but trying to get rid of judgement, by putting numbers, is the reason we are in...
Hi David, On May 9-10, Mary and Tom Poppendieck will give their Lean Software Development: Practitioner's course in Charlotte, NC. This is a 2-day course. This...
... Do you have any evidence that keeping track of actuals really does increase the accuracy of estimates in the context of Scrum Development? I have only...
In getting geared up to launch our first Scrum project, we're researching different tools. We'll be using Java/Eclipse, JUnit, and CruiseControl for...
Is it really worth the extra effort to maintain duplicate systems? (This is what I think I want to do as scrum master, but my boss is opposed.) Thanks, Anne...
At least for FitNesse, you aren't developing prototype code (or you shouldn't be)... you are developing connector code that allows the FitNesse UI to exercise...
Hi, interesting answer. What your developer tells you is not wrong yet not completely right. Of course, having close customer interaction when it comes to real...
Hello, I hope you'll forgive me this bit of advertising here, apologize if you won't. This is to inform you that I just started a new web service targeted for...
Good day Anne, I will preface my email with the fact that I am one of the developers for StoryTestIQ (aka STIQ) and that we use it on many projects currently...
Elo, I have done some projects using SCRUM, but am neither a SCRUM master nor an expert in SCRUM. However, I am not sure that if we (my team) followed SCRUM...
Hello Everybody, How do you guz write Stories on Index cards? We are using 3" x 5" cards and writing it manually....Its little tedious task when you have to...
Avery Index card stock - #5388 has three 3 x 5 cards per page - prints on any standard dot matrix, inkjet, or laser printer that will feed normal paper. Comes...
... I've found that the Epson C60 can print on ordinary 3x5 cards. I don't understand, however, why you need to rewrite cards when refactoring. What causes...
I'm sorry but I didn't mean code re factoring triggers that, but story re factoring to effectively cover feature. Like Mike in his books says...start ...
Gagan, I would recommend getting some Scrum training (CSM, or otherwise). My take is that Scrum has no redundant parts (as Michael James says). It boarders...
Here's an interesting posting on a job search site: The poster is looking for someone to write an Operating System with all the features of Windows but that...
Kiltesh, I'm still wondering what causes enough churn in your story cards that you feel it would be easier to print them than to write them. If it's just...
Steve, Well, a record helps us remember our mistakes, so as not to repeat them, and be wildly optimistic. I don't mean that this should improve estimation...
When I hear things like "reading [notecards] from across the room is difficult" used to justify computer-based tools, I hear alarm bells. It is my opinion that...
At my department we might be able to start a real Scrum project soon (some elements tried already and we liked them). The team is most likely to consist of 3-4...
... Artem, I understand your concern, and would advise you not to take both the ScrumMaster and TeamMember roles. While I'm sure it can and has been done, it...
I was told by a CSM attendee that it is now official Scrum policy that at the end of the CSM course there is a ceremony where people have to howl like wolves...
Ron, ... yes, I often think about "decertifying" myself (2003 - second CSM class ever, first in Europe) because nowadays it's becoming, or is already, ...
Ron, <SNIP> Agreed <snip> ... Wasnt saying that anyone was unaware but is there a difference between knowing it and doing it? Tell us your MySace address ;)...
