Hi Joe, Well, I have a customer who asked same . The hardest thing thing to get a grip on is what should the product backlog contain? Hardware doesn't break...
Depends on whether you were talking about the design, or the manufacture of hardware, and what sort of hardware. Incremental and iterative development of...
Hi Ilja, Semco is excellent example how to change company. Sack most of managers that are going to resist the change and build new culture with new managers....
Hi - Joe - I don't have any direct experience in this myself. However responding to questions from my brother in law and a friend I did a survey in December: ...
... Ran, change happens one person at a time. I recommend the Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference (http://ayeconference.com) for some approaches that...
Our company has been running a Scrum of Scrums for 10 teams now for over a year. It typically runs 30-45 minutes 4 days a week (skip Wednesday). We are not...
Hi, [mostly a resend of a msg accidentally deleted] In looking at the draft of the new Poppendieck book, I noticed a section on Evolutionary Development (Chap...
... What do you mean by "not entirely satisfied?" * What's happening that you don't want to happen? * What's not happening that you'd like to have happen? *...
Hi Joe, Evolutionary development, also called evolutionary and incremental deployment or delivery, is an important agile product planning strategy. It applies...
... And one small step at a time, typically. ... The book "Fearless Change" mit be of interest, too. Cheers, Ilja...
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Roy Morien
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Jun 2, 2009 8:15 am
The literature on organisational re-engineering by Champy and others suggested that a radical approach was best - a complete eradication of the current...
... So, what do you suggest to do when the commitment isn't there? Curious, Ilja...
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Roy Morien
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Jun 2, 2009 8:27 am
Well, if there is no commitment, then that is the ultimate hesitancy. If there is no commitment, small steps at a time will not happen anyway. I don't have a...
Hi Roy, ... True. It's possible to generate commitment, though, and in my experience often much easier to generate commitment to the next small experiment than...
Following was what we used to do in my previous project. 1. A big standup of about a hundred people. This is a chance where you can make general announcements....
George, For "What's happening that you don't want to happen?": The biggest concern is managing discussion topics as they come up. What is the criteria for when...
Greetings, I think that this will be of interest... Agile Project Management Learning Lab Presented By: Chris Sims, Agile Learning Labs Location: San Jose, CA ...
Hi All, I am assisiting teams formally define scrum processes in my organziation. I myself come from traditional process background. I was wondering how...
... These things are always a balancing act, but it seems that the same guidelines fit the SoS as do the team scrum. The issues that come up should be...
Howdy. I am just spreading out my feelers. I want to double check my own assumptions and open myself up for more interesting ideas. In my world we have a...
Dear all, The draft version of chapter 8, "Release Management," is now available for review. The chapter helps product owners guide Scrum projects proactively...
Hi SB, In the beginning of a project, expect a lot of questions. Part of the reason is that everyone is trying to understand the domain, the other is the word...
Dear all, On July 9 , 10 and 11 Massimus.com in partnership with Brazilian Lutheran University in Manaus (www.ulbra-mao.br) will be promoting the event Agility...
Heitor, This sounds like a great event for collaboration between academia and business. Congratulations! Boa sorte! Alan...
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Roy Morien
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Jun 4, 2009 4:04 am
Excellent idea. Roy Morien ... _________________________________________________________________ Get the latest news, goss and sport Make ninemsn your...
i saw and heard about that in a few Scrum practices the ScrumMasters are changed frequently (as a bonus to people who did well engineering jobs) and even...
 Hi All, I am assisintg software development teams in my organization define Agile processes. I am slightly confused on the content of product backlog, and...
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Roy Morien
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Jun 4, 2009 8:50 am
The 'wish list' is the User Stories. The User Stories are all 'As a user (in this role) I want ... or I need ... or I wish for ...'. So the cncept of breaking...