I am the Scrum Master on a software development project building a web portal and automating a set of business processes. We are at the very beginning of the...
I recently received a notice about a new publication, Hacker Monthly. The first issue is available now. ... Issue #1 has arrived We've made it - the first...
Hi Reporting status in Waterfall projects is easy - you have the milestones (e.g. Req Doc completed/sign-off, Design docs completed, coding finished etc.. You...
Would like to ask for opinions and experiences of using business analysts to act as proxy product owner? My personal opinion is this is not a great idea as...
Hi I have newly joined this group. I'm am planning to go for Scrum certification. Can anyone guide me how to proceed for same. I have few questions: 1....
James, This seems like a bad smell/practice. At the minimum I would think it would distort velocity and possibly encourage some bad habits. I would recommend...
Hi Folks We Want to Start an Online Game project. But we have Some problem: We have Two Teams . Team One is Research And Scenario Team . This Team Individuals...
Colleagues, Sorry I haven't been active on these lists for a long time; I promise to find some questions/discussions to answer/contribute-to in return for help...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the scrumdevelopment group: Try to answer this question honestly, without trying to "reverse engineer"...
We have project that last anywhere from 2 to 12 sprints. Our teams are small, but consistent throughout the project. At the end of some sprints, since we can...
Interested in how others approach this and to hopefully validate my thinking. We are starting up a new project to develop a new product (savings product). This...
We typically use the term "Project Sponsor" to refer to a person who funds, supplies the business case for and actively supports a project. There can be many...
Hi Folks, We are working on a project that Customer is on other State. In start of project we worked on Customer site in their state. after Completing 70% or...
Since Scrum is team based and you are evaluated as a team instead of an individual conributor, how are companies handling promotions and raises? Our department...
After what all that has been said I do believe we can find a better way to certificate people to become CSM (or whatever better name we end up finding). Maybe...
Hands-on Agile Project Planning & Estimating workshop (Toronto June 11) On June 11 Plannow Technologies ( http://www.plannowtech.com/ ) will present a hands-on...
Hi, Is there only method of integrating Agile with CMMI is mapping GP's and SP's in CMMI to Scrum Practices and comparing and finding compatibility among them....
Hi I've added a case study of a development team which converted from Scrum to Kanban. They were fighting a loosing project which eventually was turned around....
Announcing Scrum Day India 2010 on 14 August 2010 at Pune, Maharashtra, India. A first of its kind event for Scrum Practitioners in India, Scrum Day India 2010...
Hi folks An Organization Wants to be Agile . They want to know : * Agile What's need? (default or requirements for to be agile like political , social -...
Came across this very humorous and enjoyable video clip on how waterfall model got entrenched in software industry, which I thought worthwhile sharing here. ...
Hi, I work in an environment, not unlike many others I'm sure, where the company wishes to implement a single platform for all products/devices and customers....
Hello, I'm working with HR to create a title and description for the Agile Coach role. This is a new role for the company. The Working title right now is just...
Hello, In our oranization, we do it in a this way even thought we are not doing Scrum at this point of time. We assess individual based on "Performance" and...
There have been recent claims and reports about failing agile. This is partially true. It is not agile in itself what is failing but rather the way it is being...
Hi all, For the last two years I have been pouring my heart and soul into a book that just went beta with the Pragmatic Programmers called The Agile Samurai. ...
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