... Yes, they are doing Scrum. And a +1 to Peter. According to what info has been published and talked about in miniseminars here in Finland (the birthplace of...
I think Nina gets the idea. It is NOT a test of whether a team is doing Scrum well. It is whether one team is possibly doing something like Scrum (ie, a fair...
Jeff Sutherland says that Scrum was built to increase productivity 5x to 10x. I thought I backed off enough already. Lean would say: Don't bother with small...
If you have an uninvolved manager, yeah, tell him 10% or 5%. Whatever. If you have a busy manager whom you want to actively help with the impediments, you...
Dear practitioners. I am in a somewhat awkward position. While the company I am working for is very successful and recently has one a rather awesome new ...
Interesting thread. A good discussion of this area can be found in "Ship It!" from the "The Pragmatic Programmers" series, which considers issue tracking ...
Why do you feel that you have to have a person/team for product owner? Could you challenge that thinking and get the "whole team" to discover the stories and...
Unless there is an extremely compelling reason to adopt the new middle ware platform, such as you haven't got a viable alternative, I would go for the tried...
Hello ... There are numerous compelling reasons which are extremely important. The people delivering the solution _want_ to adopt the new solution but it seems...
David, It sounds like the size of the customer will significantly affect the business over and above any technological strategic decisions you may have to...
... Can you give an example of such a conversation? Have you asked them what they'd need to be excited about doing this? Have you asked them what they'd really...
Hi Paul, Sounds to me the problem isn't in the PO or in the technical stories. I mean, sure, those areas may need improvement, but they are not the core...
(responding to Don) ... I don't have the book handy either, but the usual quoted reason is that if you offer more than 10% you are implying that the management...
... Yep - Which is why I have been treading gently :) Despite this the organisation has chosen Scrum as the way forward and the PO needs to be aware of his...
Hi Petri, Your reading of the situation is spot on. There are a number of complex people issues at play. I've been here before, so I'll be applying my usual...
Organisational culture is shaped by the people who work there. But .. some people leave, some stay. I believe that one of the factors in this is choice is...
Hi David, I believe that in order to have this "leap of faith", you need to change the perspective from "how you can instill the belief" to "what do the...
Dear practitioners. I try to implement Scrum in my Company. We have the following Development Departments: Art (produce Character and Enviroment) Design (Level...
Well Andreas I am in a similar situation, if you want to give me a shout off the list then we can probably have a more in depth chat and share our findings...
Hi Andreas, Electronic Arts did a presentation at the UK Scrum Gathering. I missed most of it as I was on the phone to a headhunter at the time. (whoops) There...
... BETTER SOFTWARE MAGAZINE JUNE 2008 FEATURE ARTICLE ... Agile Model-Driven Development Scaling Agile to Meet the Needs of Real-World Projects By Scott...
... sigh.... Could we please put a [ANN] Tag in such postions so my filter catches them? That would be very nice. Thank you very much -d -- Sent from gmail so...
Joe, ... I believe it can. I'd like to suggest this is necessary but not sufficient. To be sufficient I'd like to hear more about the environment and team...
... <ken.schwaber@...> wrote: Cutting to chase of my comments ... schedule, and isn't having problems ... Ken I can see the other 8 items in your list as being...
... Why? Is there any reason whatsoever why they cannot get to that information themselves? -d -- Sent from gmail so do not trust this communication. Do not...
Hi all, I sent a call for participation to the group last week with respect to a short (5-10mins)online survey I am conducting for doctoral and practitioner...
Hi, In late July Jeff Sutherland and I are leading an advanced course in NYC (Agile 201). We will ask the participants what they want to learn about. This is...
Hi Joe, ... It seems like you know or have an idea of what the improvements can lead to. At least, you seem rather confident that you can have a significant ...
