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Jim Schiel
jimschiel
Jul 1, 2009 3:51 pm
I strongly recommend against extending a Sprint. This has little to do with forcing anything upon the team and much more to do with getting to DONE and...
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jayanthkalanje
Jul 1, 2009 4:01 pm
Hi Everyone, We are trying to put in placeSCRUM process for our teams which are located at US and India, and one of the most difficult part is on deciding the...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jul 1, 2009 4:47 pm
... BTW, I've seen teams do certain stories at the beginning of the sprint, taking them to done-done to meet a mid-sprint release, and then continuing with the...
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Michael James
michaeljames...
Jul 1, 2009 5:01 pm
... This is how I recall handling this while on a Scrum dev team. Acceptance criteria included "Deployed/released on x date", where x is within the Sprint. I...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jul 1, 2009 5:50 pm
... Per a chat with Chet: I would not at all recommend extending a Sprint while in the middle of it. I'm much less troubled by saying "This next Sprint will be...
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Nick Xidis
nxidis
Jul 1, 2009 6:04 pm
We have similar situation and have Scrums daily (many on video). Ours are from 8:00 - 11:00 CST. This is earlier than some in the US like and later than some...
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Rene
rrosendahl
Jul 1, 2009 6:08 pm
Usually, you'll want to demonstrate "working software" to Product Owners and stakeholders during sprint reviews. That's not too difficult for teams dealing...
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Hank Roark
hhroark
Jul 1, 2009 6:09 pm
I have a very tactical question and am looking for any advice from others on what has worked for them in the past. I have a team of 8 people, four in the US on...
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jayanthkalanje
Jul 1, 2009 6:10 pm
But what days are we going to do all the meetings and any specific reason for that.....
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Elizabeth V Woodward
ewoodward33
Jul 1, 2009 7:31 pm
Hi Jayanth, In general when trying to set up meetings for distributed team members, I start by asking three questions: What days/times work *best* for you to...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jul 1, 2009 9:17 pm
... 6 hours for sprint planning is a long time. Perhaps shorter sprints would allow you to have shorter planning meetings. It's much easier to plan a smaller...
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Tobias Mayer
tobias.mayer
Jul 1, 2009 9:50 pm
Hi jayanthkalanje, here's a different kind of suggestion. Remove the "Framework Architects" from the team altogether (after all, there is no "architect" role...
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victor oliveira
victor_olive...
Jul 1, 2009 10:09 pm
Hello Jayanth, I also work in a project with a difference of 11 hours. What is certain is that you will loose a lot of time with the back and forth. I agree...
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jmilunsky
Jul 2, 2009 2:15 am
The best way to do this is to get the India folks, even just the more senior ones to come over to the US for the first 2 sprints. Get them acquainted with the...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Jul 2, 2009 3:00 am
How do the customers / stakeholders use the data today? I have been on projects like this in the past and yeah, there is *still* something that will get their...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Jul 2, 2009 3:03 am
Is "Don't do it this way" an option? What are some other options? Thank you, - Mike www.michaelvizdos.com www.implementingscrum.com On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Jul 2, 2009 3:04 am
Have you asked the team(s)? Thank you, - Mike Vizdos www.michaelvizdos.com www.implementingscrum.com...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jul 2, 2009 3:18 am
Distributed teams can work with Agile. However, you seem to be describing a team where nearly all of the business knowledge is in one place (US) and nearly all...
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banshee858
Jul 2, 2009 5:47 am
... I tend to agree with this idea. I have some of my own, but I would like to know what the people who are doing the work think. Carlton...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jul 2, 2009 6:04 am
It is very important that each of the major roles be represented in each location (i.e. dev and PO). Having all of the POs in one country and all of the devs...
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Adam M
fru123scrum
Jul 2, 2009 11:05 am
Hi Hank, I have a similar problem but from Australia, we use an outsource company and the time difference is 6 hours (India is 6 hours behind us).. We also...
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Adam M
fru123scrum
Jul 2, 2009 11:15 am
Beer and Pizza usually does the trick, Although this may seem silly it is very effective at capturing an audience . ________________________________ From:...
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Jojo Jacob
jojojacobp
Jul 2, 2009 11:31 am
Hi, I need help in 2 things, 1. Can anyone help me to get an excel template to prepare burn down chart? I know it is easily available on net, but not able to...
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Hank Roark
hhroark
Jul 2, 2009 11:49 am
Yes. No one seems happy right now, but no one seems really upset. I'm just out looking for other objective data....
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Hank Roark
hhroark
Jul 2, 2009 11:53 am
This is a 'feature' team, working on a single feature set. Interesting this suggestion... it seems opposite to how I read the SirsiDynix and Xebia case...
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Andrew Wagner
wagner.andrew99
Jul 2, 2009 12:24 pm
Ok, so I'd like to paint a scenario here, to try to precisely reify what I don't understand about agile methods. Here we go: First, a waterfall scenario: the...
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Kurt Häusler
kurt.haeusler
Jul 2, 2009 12:43 pm
... I don't think agile methods try to mitigate scope creep, they try to embrace it. What they do is: 1. Invert the old quality/productivity "tradeoff";,...
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Pablo Emanuel
pabloemanuel2
Jul 2, 2009 12:46 pm
Andrew, <<So I could see where the customer would get the opportunity to choose among D-G, to say which ones take priority, but I'm still not sure what ...
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Tobias Mayer
tobias.mayer
Jul 2, 2009 12:55 pm
If there is no scope, there can be no scope creep, so nothing to mitigate. Customers don't want "scope" they want high value working software. It can be as...
