What do you use the "business value" value for? I usually find it very difficult to estimate the business value of a single story, so I don't bother. In fact...
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
May 8, 2012 2:01 pm
+1 This is a very normal burndown. I for one hate the ideal line, as I've seen too many teams chase this phantasm. This leads them to want to do the...
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woynam
May 8, 2012 2:41 pm
What on earth would red, orange, and green represent? Mark...
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Alan Dayley
alandond
May 8, 2012 2:43 pm
+1 to Paul's answer. Alan...
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woynam
May 8, 2012 3:01 pm
Wait. Let me take a stab at answering my own question. Green: The product backlog is growing. As we deliver valuable features to our users, they're excited by...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
May 8, 2012 3:08 pm
In addition I use a trailing average over three sprints to smooth out normally variance. Remember velocity has only two uses: - Give a rough guide as to how...
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Bret Wortman
WortmanB
May 8, 2012 3:10 pm
Ignore the ideal line -- it's a marketing tool created by the software tools because some customer demanded it. Ignore it, or demand that your software tool...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:11 pm
Hi A 'problem' with Scrum is that it starts with a Product Backlog; it would then suggest that you cannot do Scrum if you cannot get a PB! However, may I...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
May 8, 2012 3:16 pm
I replied on Google+. Burndown Charts lie. I generally recommend to my clients that they don't use them. Please help us by showing snapshots of your story...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:26 pm
Ram - forgive me, are you being serious? Project Status is the results of the Sprint/Release review. Yes you can document it and send to others who couldn't be...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:33 pm
Hi Rama How do you know that Sprint 2 has 50 points? You shouldn't be planning Sprint 2 until Sprint 1 has finished! You take the velocity achieved in Sprint...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:39 pm
Hi Yves I have never done as yo suggest because it is much easier for the PO business to take 2 PBI and say which is more important than the other. Keep doing...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:44 pm
Simon - if it isn't a problem, why change anything? Scrum is about delivering business value not having pretty charts! I personally do not use a Sprint...
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Wouter Lagerweij
wouterla
May 8, 2012 3:46 pm
Hi Simon, The ideal line is not very useful, but not finishing anything for the first week would worry me. And it also seems that after not finishing the first...
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Steve
steveatootac
May 8, 2012 3:55 pm
I'm with Kurt Stop discussing how long something will take and start thinking about the 'size and complexity' Your first round voting will show up differences...
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Laurent Bossavit
morendilfoo
May 8, 2012 4:26 pm
... The way that backfired in this instance could serve as a textbook example of "chilling effect". :)...
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extremeprogrammer
extremeprogr...
May 8, 2012 4:27 pm
Hi. Your first two paragraphs seem to suggest that you've completed 5 stories in each of the first two sprints, but your third and fourth paragraph suggest...
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vercinget_xx
May 8, 2012 4:31 pm
When I first looked at the graph, I thought your actuals were actually *too* close to the ideal. The line *should* actually go up before it goes down, because...
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vercinget_xx
May 8, 2012 4:37 pm
16. People subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) pressured to lie about the "real" status, so as not to bring down the wrath of the higher-ups. I cannot count...
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gregc
graycole
May 8, 2012 5:45 pm
Yves, On the off chance you will be at the SQE Better Software Conference West, I'll be presenting some strategies to use. But I prefer to use multiple lenses...
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Wouter Lagerweij
wouterla
May 8, 2012 6:00 pm
Hi Jeff, What you describe seems to be 'textbook', in that it's exactly as it was put in the scrum guide, and many scrum books. No problems there. What I...
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gopinath
gopinath_ram
May 8, 2012 6:49 pm
I am in agreement with previous responses to this question. However at the beginning of Sprint 2 you should re-estimate the story points for the two partially...
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woynam
May 8, 2012 7:06 pm
No, that is not correct. The velocity for Sprint 1 will not include the unfinished stories. Thus, the full size of the stories will be part of the velocity...
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David H
sebi13556
May 8, 2012 7:08 pm
I like ranges. Working with ranges rather than absolute numbers or medians is so much nicer. Try ranges, they work. -d...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
May 8, 2012 8:55 pm
Simon ... Could it be a sign of too much Work In Progress? I discuss shapes of burndown charts in my Better Software article, ...
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extremeprogrammer
extremeprogr...
May 8, 2012 9:01 pm
The rolling average may be a good idea, because there will always be variation in velocity from sprint to sprint and it can help with longer term planning. ...
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
May 8, 2012 10:14 pm
Agreed. I like to point out that we are estimating how big this story is without regard as to who may or may not end up working on it. I would much rather...
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
May 8, 2012 10:16 pm
Don't forget to follow it up with Clean Coders. The two books together should be required reading for anyone who wants to practice the craft of programming. ...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
May 8, 2012 10:18 pm
+1 to Mark W's answer below. Â ... Charles Bradley http://www.ScrumCrazy.com ... +1 to Mark W's answer below. ------- Charles Bradley...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
May 8, 2012 10:19 pm
Rama, The only thing I can add to most of the responses already given is that you can tell your mgmt that your velocity reflects the truth. The team's ...
