Better Software Magazine: April 2008 Feature Article By Alistair Cockburn People still get wrapped around the axle trying to understand the difference between...
I assume you mean Testing when you say QA. No, I don't know about this stuff, but do check Brian Marick's site/blog... this is a top notch chappie. You will...
Hi everyone, I need your help: I'm working on a talk about why projects fail and how to prevent failure. One of my favorite excerizes from my Scrum training ...
Hi, I am studying CMMI Level 2, and IŽd like to know if you have suggestions about how to have formal estimative methods with Scrum, since the team is...
Hi Anu: CSM courses are designed differently. You not only get some theoretical training but Live examples and do lot of group exercises [at least that was...
(responding to Peter) ... Why fail? See my paper... http://www.waterfall2006.com/oldfield.html ...you need to remember this was posted 1st April... :-) Paul...
... Iteration: A measure of *time*, in which a full development cycle is executed to deliver a high-value feature to the product owner. Increment: A measure of...
Planning Poker, which is more-or-less based on the Delphi technique. Mark ... suggestions about how to have formal estimative methods with Scrum, since the...
Communication, communication, communication. Did I mention communication? In my experience virtually every project failure ultimately stems from a breakdown in...
One of the challenges for any scrummaster/scrum team is how to deal with something that it outside the scope of the sprint backlog. It represents 'change' and...
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM, brett_a_bernstein ... To Brett, or anyone else who can answer. I'm still shaky on this whole notion of interrupting a sprint....
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Does anyone have experience and lessons learned in implementing Agile in Matrix organization? ________________________________ From:...
Out of interest... what would happen is this card were played? Would the PO and the team not gather, replan the sprint exactly as they had before but with A.N....
Actually, i'm not sure how this tool should be used: for the velocity of the first sprint, if conditions change, if a new team is introduced... I remember some...
Hi Vikrama, The PMP courses also typically involve group exercises and live examples however having a online training option while compromising on some of the...
Hi to all, I need some help on redefining my company processes in context to software projects - how agile/scrum would deal with following in relation to team ...
I agree to it completely. QA and testing are two separate entities. Testing starts right at the time of business study or rather prior to that and happens at...
Jeff and Peter (and all others concerned) To add to communication which I agree is the frontrunner factor in causing failures few other factors are: 1....
The vast majority of people in our industry mean testing (or tester), when they say QA. That does not mean they are right, but it is so, therefore I've made...
Mike and others, Lead in: Mike, in his email below, argues that companies should (or do) want to be "more agile than relevant competition" rather than ...
Hi, Let me be clear. Scrum is great (at least in my opinion). I think Scrum has had a great impact and will have a greater impact. But I am impatient and at...
Hi, I wanted to make the Nokia Test visible again. One of the first things to say is "Agile is more a way of thinking, than a set of practices". From a certain...
(responding to Peter) ... On a more serious note, I can recommend the book "Assessment and Control of Software Risk" by Capers Jones who has done a lot of...
Wow! Thats news. All I can say is wait for your chance. I don't see how a current CSM course design would adapt itself to an online module at all. Thanks ...
Fernanda, You should have a talk with your SEPG and your CMMI Assessor. One thing I hope you will discover is that with the CMMI, all you really need (as per ...
I probably could have provided more detail on the 'interrupt sprint card' ... sorry ... here is a second attempt ... The reciprocal commitments I mentioned in...
