... There are two problems there IMO: - estimation - implementation Pair programming would greatly help the "new guy" with implementation and with learning the...
Hi Dan, Obviously hairsplitting can be the basis of a lively thread ... ;-) My experience with hair splitters in a live context is that they often end up...
(singapore) hi, although not scrum-specific, some people here are also interested in lean thinking... bas and i have published the (free 45+ page) Lean Primer...
Dan, I totally agree with you on this one. Hair-splitting is what this list is mostly about, IMHO. And also, on value, ROI has many faces and is really hard to...
Ah, but as a trainer and coach, my job is to make you better. I use hair splitting to get you to look at yourself and start introspection... I try to make sure...
... and remember you are dealing with people who *love* splitting hairs. Me... I just use comic strips as an outlet... and working with teams to deliver...
Hi, I will be in San Diego early this week and then moving on to Denver, Colorado, to a CSM class (after that, Des Moines!). I decided to stick around Denver...
Hi Victor, Sorry for not getting back to this earlier, but I was in a summer cottage for a week, totally out of internet :). ... I certainly do. ... Yes, but...
Recently, one manager approached me for advice on scrum practices which I was happy to assist with. This manager had a request to build some new features and...
With one person, I guess it is more like pomodoro technique instead~...
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roymorien@...
Aug 2, 2009 2:34 pm
Well, that would be a little bit like the old saying that Englishmen are so orderly that they will form a queue of one. If your view of Scrum is a given set of...
Hi people! Sometimes, I have seen this situation: - One developer, dedicated to a project - A product owner AND one mentor, help person, that colaborates to...
It might work in the sense that the work can be planned in an iterative and incremental order and you can even organize, plan and follow up by having the daily...
Hello everyone, I've been working on an article that aims at educating readers about Agile and Scrum in a very interactive way by having the reader track their...
Is it possible for two people to do Scrum? Maybe. Is it useful? Probably not. It is certainly possible to use an Agile, iterative approach. Having a "Scrum...
Hi Petri: Welcome back. I agree with the overwhelming majority of what you said, but I have a couple comments inline: On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Petri ......
Hi, ... Can I ask if you assign tasks to people in the planning meeting? For some reason it sounds to me like you do. I'd recommend against that practice and...
Hi, ... I respectfully disagree with this evaluation. I personally think there is a problem in the process, not in the people. Yours Sincerely, Petri ... Petri...
Hi, ... Frankly, I'm not surprised he's feeling a bit negative. Sounds to me he's been left pretty much alone and there is little real team feeling in the...
Hi again, Seems like I'm posting a lot of stuff in one big batch, but I just recently came from a vacation at a summer cottage and I have a lot of mails to...
Petri, That is an interesting, and very humane analysis of the situation. Thanks for offering this alternative viewpoint. I think many of us could benefit from...
Some people identified as rogues may be your best leaders, responding to unreasonable circumstances. In Scrum, estimation should be a *team* game. Why not...
FYI: We have a new translation of the redistributable "Intro to Scrum" presentation. This presentation is perfect for 60-90 introductions for teams, bosses,...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Aug 3, 2009 3:39 am
So what you are saying is that it is pointless trying to develop in an agile manner, emulating Scrum to a great extent, if you are doing it alone, because you...
Having a single-person "team" is not a concern, providing the single person is cross-functional, i.e. has all the skills and willingness to do all the work...
Hi Victor, I felt uncomfortable with your statement regarding "egoists", and it took me quite a while to figure out why exactly. First, I feel that putting the...
Hi George, ... Sorry, but I don't see what's "natural" about it. It's a decision made by a human (or a group of humans) in an authoritative position. ... Well,...
... I can see how that would make change in action overdue. It's not obvious to me from this short statement that it was firing. Of course, it's probably hard...
