I was claiming to having been developing in an iterative, incremental fashion, using good development tools, with frequent collaboration and feedback between...
Roy, I don't see a direct answer to my question below. When you said you were agile 15 years before the Agile manifesto was created, did you mean agile in the...
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Roy Morien
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Jan 26, 2011 11:55 am
A message to all!!! I do not wish to extend this discussion any further. It has become ridiculous in the extreme, and has taken us nowhere. Whether I...
I believe this thread has served it's purpose anyway. There are many good points stated for anyone new or experienced in the area. After all these suggestions...
Is it possible for moderator's here to assure rest of the crowd here that heat will be controlled and only educational stuff get through ? Waiting for positive...
Hello, There were various inputs that were received following points Summarizing those that I found very useful: - PO and SM roles are the most difficult for...
... question. ... I think we have an early contender for the "Scrumdevelopment Petty and Meanspirited Post Award" for 2011. Dave Barrett This e-mail may be...
Mj, ... I don't believe Ken's 3rd book has as much perceived credibility as The Scrum Guide does. The Scrum Guide is the body of knowledge for Scrum(the...
Cohn has some material on one person playing both roles in his book _Succeeding With Agile_ . It's pretty short, about 3 paragraphs. The summary of it is...
   Friends, I found some of the very useful (free) magazines on net.. For computer, business, telecom, pharma, electronics, feed & beverage, laser,...
All I can say is that the PO role is incredibly onerous. It all starts with the PO. Architecting the stories, grooming the backlog, prioritizing and sequencing...
Hi Ron, Resubmitting this to the broader group... What i struggle most with is dealing with all the Framework stuff. I currently am working at a company where...
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Roy Morien
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Jan 28, 2011 4:05 am
... But I will lead into a new thread with a quick response to the query. It seems that you have a quite dramatic example of what happens all the time anyway...
Having both roles, PO and SM, combined in one person would lead this person to a huge clash of interests. As a PO he wants to get things done and tries to push...
Agile Games 2011 - Call for Games! Now's your opportunity to share your ideas with the community, refine them and then show them off at the Agile Games 2011...
Perhaps the easiest way to avoid the controversy surrounding User Stories is to stop talking about them! :-) Seriously, I just reviewed the 'Scrum Users Guide'...
Let's talk about defects and the backlog. I am speaking here about "newly created" defects. "Legacy defects" pretty much have to go into the backlog if we want...
Cute. :-) OK, for fun, let's start with Easel. Scrum was invented at the company in 1993, and I'm damn sure they didn't use User Stories, as they hadn't been...
Mark, I think I agree with everything you said except 1 point. ... Now that User Stories are (strongly)mentioned in the Scrum Guide, I think that they are very...
Mark, ... Yeah. I'd peg that at around 2003 when Mike Cohn was working on his User Stories book. Ken launched the CSM in early 2003 and that was the engine for...
... Would one anecdote would be handy. The first time I did Scrum we used a messed up Wiki template that couldn't distinguish between PBIs and tasks. Soon...
... I was being a bit facetious. I really don't have a problem talking about User Stories. However, I don't like seeing posts that state that *everything* in...
... It is not even a requirement, in Scrum, that *anything* in the backlog be a user story. However, there are some advantages to a story driven approach... ...
Hello, woynam. On Friday, January 28, 2011, at 5:42:21 PM, you ... That is not an accurate characterization of what I said. ... Indeed. Ron Jeffries ...
I'm still in favor of using a Burn Chart that only shows features but nothing else. It would probably an easy chart to maintain. Also looking on that we would...
Hello, Adam. On Friday, January 28, 2011, at 6:28:25 PM, you ... Yes, thank you. :) ... Yes. Defects imply that something isn't done (and perhaps putting it ...
