Hi Carlton, yes it was a blanket statement, and of course I do not know your context (and I respect you also). I just happen to think though that this whole ...
A debate has brewed here regarding a statement someone made that we are not really doing Scrum because we do not have a releasable product at the end of every...
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Sam Roberts
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Nov 1, 2007 12:02 am
... It sounds like you are inviting people to come forward at random? So nobody knows who is supposed to speak next? We start with the last person to arrive in...
My first exposure to Scrum was at Xerox ... I was new, I hadn't worked on a team in over 3 years, there was definitely some nerves and anxiety in play, and not...
... Tobias, I respect you immensely, but I think you are wrong to make such a blanket statement. I had a dead, stale Daily Scrum and the day I brought food...
Hi all, thanks for your answers... but I have to indicate that the PB has already been prioritized by PO and the Client, so I think that problemn isn't by this...
Andrew, Does your team use a physical task board, with stories and tasks on cards or post-it notes that can be moved as they are completed? More generally, do...
... Have to say I disagree with this too. It is another form of patriarchy, only a tiny step away from command-and-control in the scale of organizational...
Marco, I believe that thinking of the scrum master/team relationship as being akin to a parent/child relationship is very unhealthy. It is patronizing and...
Rally Software Development (www.rallydev.com) located in Boulder, CO is a dynamic, growing company that provides software-driven enterprises with the...
(respoding to Pietro) As I said, the Stories have been prioritized by the PO and the Clients, so I think the PO has done his part (actually the list has been...
I never really thought about productivity improvement the first time I used Agile methods. I was more concerned with helping the business get it's product out...
Scrum et al - Google Tech Talks, by Ken Schwaber (best introduction for me...) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7230144396191025011 ... -- Por um mundo...
Here are my thoughts based on our prior implementations... We had many scenarios like this where customer is always interested in roll out of complete business...
I would add "Maverick"; by Ricardo Semler. Shows how a traditional factory was converted to a team of agile teams. I know I should know who Tom and Mary P are,...
If you really know your stuff, enjoy teaching others, and are willing to travel, consider trying out for the Danube Services Team. We're a Scrum team that...
I am lately getting a interest in Suboku and would very much to know emails of top 3 clubs of USA (Free) and Total numbers of biggest if possible of Biggest...
Yes, Bill. I was there also. It was the 'first' Scrum project. Jeff Sutherland was the CTO (or VP Engineering, not sure) and I was a consultant on Smalltalk...
You do not have to release after every sprint. It's up to the PO to decide when to release. This means that you could do 2 sprints before releasing the created...
See my comments below--v-- ... What do you mean by this "all stories are required." Isn't that a given, the backlog should only have features that are of...
... Try bringing food! Also, try not looking at the people when they talk to you. Look at the other team members while they talk and gauge their interest in...
It sounds like the business owners (product owner?) don't understand the basics of scrum. They do not get to tell the team how much to do in a single sprint,...
Hi Deus, I have to agree with Petri. The PO should prioritize the backlog and the team should decide how much they can get done. If the PO is like a puppet of...
i would suggest since the ideal team size is between 5 and 7 if you are much above that then split the team into couple of scrum teams and divide the user...
Hi all, thanks for your answers... here my comments: (responding to Andrej) The idea to extend the sprint duration is because these stories have been...
I would gently remind everyone what the purpose of the meeting is. You can even make a little wall poster with a giant post-it with the 3 questions on it and...
... Have you tried just holding your breath and waiting? Will they actually stand and stare at each other in complete silence for 15 minutes? Is there a...
Get a ball (or any item which your team would be comfortable with) and have people pass it to the person they want to hear from, until everybody has spoken. It...
Hi Brian, Are you looking to train 10-20 people as Scrum Masters because you plan to start 10-20 Scrum teams? Or are you looking to train these people to...
My issue with Scrum is not a fight against management (thankfully), but against ignorance and limited knowledge and experience with usage of "pure" Scrum...
