Hello, Ashish, ... Most of us had been writing on the web. Many of us had met and chatted at OOPSLA conferences and other technical conferences. We all had...
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Ashish
ashish_euphoric
Apr 8, 2012 11:46 am
Thanks Ron.Good to hear from one of the signatory. Regards Ashish ... From: RonJeffries <ronjeffries@...> Sender: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 8, 2012 12:04 pm
Hi Sean, ... Is this a trick question? :) "There is a serious defect that needs to be fixed quickly, should we fix it or wait a week or two?" :) First of all,...
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Alan Dayley
alandond
Apr 8, 2012 4:12 pm
http://agilemanifesto.org/history.html...
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gopinath
gopinath_ram
Apr 8, 2012 4:49 pm
.. and if you like to get brief summaries of some of the good agile books, read them at http://www.rgopinath.com/category/book-review/ (Note: not all the books...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Apr 8, 2012 8:31 pm
Sean, ... What does the PO think? What does the development team? How many stories are in progress at any given time? Put another way, does the team as a whole...
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utahkay
Apr 8, 2012 9:30 pm
Registration for Agile Roots is now open at www.agileroots.com. <http://www.agileroots.com./> Agile Roots is in Salt Lake City on June 21-22, 2012. At Agile...
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Laurent Bossavit
morendilfoo
Apr 8, 2012 10:00 pm
Hi Ashish, Jeff Sutherland has kindly shared a scan of notes taken by Jon Kern, on a printout which I assume is a pre-work document: ...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 8, 2012 11:54 pm
Hi Laurent, ... Absolutely. One might wish for something a bit deeper than Jon's notes, though ... :) Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Wisdom begins when we...
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Mike Myers
mikepmyers
Apr 9, 2012 5:38 am
Thanks for the comments Steve. I thought it would be simpler to follow a single definition of done for the same team regardless of delivery. My feeble mind...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Apr 9, 2012 7:34 am
... Also take a look at the stuff Laurent Bossavit posted - it's an interesting read with some good context on where private offices beat team rooms. I didn't...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Apr 9, 2012 10:38 am
... I find it can sometimes help to avoid the bug/feature discussion completely. The purpose of velocity / story counting / cycle time in to help with planning...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 11:57 am
Hi Adrian, ... My concern with this idea is that a "planned bug fix" appears as progress. In my opinion, that is not a good thing, because the feature...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Apr 9, 2012 12:16 pm
... Me too. I only do this in the context of stuff interrupting the current sprint. Adrian -- http://quietstars.com adrianh@......
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Apr 9, 2012 12:39 pm
I'm with Steve - having a single global DoD hurts more than it helps. ... What I've done in the past is have a checklist of things-to-think-about when figuring...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 4:51 pm
Hi Kevin and all, ... Recall that I think that fixing defects we recently put in is rework, not new work, and that we do not deserve to take more credit for...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Apr 9, 2012 5:31 pm
Ron, I was able to view the pic just fine, and it's a great conceptual pic. (Mind telling us what tool, if any, that you used to create it?) One question: ...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 5:36 pm
Hi Charles, ... Thanks! I used Sketchbook Pro for iPad. ... Well it looks somewhat like that, except that most of what is in the chart is not tracked in Scrum,...
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Sean Corfield
seancorfield
Apr 9, 2012 6:05 pm
... A "super urgent new feature" would be "progress";, surely? The bug and the typo clearly are not progress. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Apr 9, 2012 6:08 pm
Very interesting thoughts Ron, and I like where you're going. A couple more points of feedback. I like your data collection approach, and would hope we could...
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avinap77
Apr 9, 2012 6:46 pm
Hi Mark, I appreciate your input and sorry for the delayed response - it's holidays you know.. ... Interestingly I talked the other day with someone who just...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 6:54 pm
... Fine w/ me. I don't much care how one collects the information. I would point out that it will not be accurate so might as well be really easy. ... What...
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avinap77
Apr 9, 2012 7:15 pm
Hi mj, ... Interesting point about the change over time. Do you imply that at the beginning the SM should have some authority? (before the team+po own their...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Apr 9, 2012 7:30 pm
Ron, ... Some clarity and transparency, I think. For instanct, what do you think the impacts of creating just one category for defects would be? Would that...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 7:45 pm
... I trust the team to figure it out. ... If that's the way the team is, they are never going to thrive no matter how many clues we send their way. If they...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Apr 9, 2012 8:09 pm
Ron, ... how many clues we send their way. ... sort it out. Wow, that's a quick way to give up on a team. Kind of sad, actually. I would think a team that...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Apr 9, 2012 8:33 pm
... You miss my point just about entirely. Scrum is about common sense. We do not need to tell engaged teams everything. I really do trust that any thoughtful...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Apr 9, 2012 9:14 pm
Ron, ... those categories ... What I described and what you stated are not the same. Once I saw you write the above, I had trouble focusing on the rest of...
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Gary Williams
gary_william...
Apr 10, 2012 6:14 pm
I've been reading this list with quite a bit of interest. I have two new Product Owners and I was wondering if there was a list oriented to their perspective...
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davidmstarr
Apr 10, 2012 6:39 pm
Thanks for all the feedback, folks. I have simplified the structure of our template as per the feedback here and I believe we're better for it. Now that this...
