Scrummers, I am looking for a critique and some ideas regarding the sprint review and planning process. Background: The development group I am in has been...
Hi, "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." Yogi Berra My hypothesis is that we don't...
First off, thanks for a few tidbits about my CRUD-like stories post I wrote awhile ago. From the group I'm wondering if someone has a good reference to some...
I know Mike announced the site back in December but with my mailing list backlog I just got to it (via his presentation to BayXP recently). I gave the planning...
Hi, As another member of the nominating committee, I thought it would be good to cross-post our call for nominations here, hope that is ok. Cheers, Angela ... ...
Hi All, Can you please tell me what is the difference and similarities between Scrum and Prince2. Is is possible to use Scrum in prince2 project. Thanks, p ...
I'm sure this is obvious and I'm dumb for not finding it via Google or remembering it from Ken's book, but... Consider the following two situations: 1. you...
I've written a paper (well more like a small book) describing lessons learnt after a year of Scrum experimentation with a group of 40 developers. Includes...
Does anyone have any practical examples of a shared benefit contract (as described in the Poppendiecks' Lean Software Development book)that they could share?...
How do people handle things like load tests, parallel tests, etc. They're not part of some discrete feature, other than something non- functional like "the...
I'm currently doing some agile coaching and training for a large company who is need for two full time quality scrum masters and I'm having a hard time finding...
For product backlogs that are being worked on by more than one team, which process do you follow and why? Process A: 1. Determine what will be worked on in...
Hi everyone out there! Do you consider usability tests (e.g. paper prototyping) should be done by the team or by someone represented by the PO? Could there be...
Hi, I have some personal experience in using scrum teams on and offshore on a project... I would be interested in your experiences using co-located teams on ...
I'm struggling a bit with a team that has come to me with a set of what they belive are user stories for their project. Here's a sampling: "As an administrator...
I am wondering if we are better off having 2 teams running at the same time off the same backlog, or combing them into 1 global scrum team. There are ~4 people...
We are about to kick off a prototyping spike after we complete our current sprint. The purpose of the spike is to do some real learning and sort out a...
Please join the Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network for a provocative evening with David Schmaltz and Amy Schwab The Secret of Initiative: Working the...
We are currently in the process of implementing Scrum in the company where I work! There has been a lot of discussions about roles and a specific issue that...
Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) Maryland Group May 15th Meeting Keys to Making Agile & CMMI Compatible – speaker Hillel Glazer You are cordially...
On March 20, I gave spoke at Google at the invitation of the bayXP group on the subject of "Planning and Tracking on Agile Projects." They did a nice job of...
Hi, I want to know where can we put the Architect's Roll in the Scrum Process. Is it part of the Team? Or we can consider it as an external help?? Thanks! ...
We are in our second sprint with a team that is using Scrum for the first time. As the team members have the conversations with our business partners on...
We are currently working through our first few sprints and are still pretty basic in our approach. I came across the idea of trying to rank the backlog items...
