I'd have to agree with Alan, weak PM has existed a good long time but not that development teams can deliver quickly and predictably it exposes the weak PM...
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ginitram
Sep 3, 2012 2:54 pm
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section the article "Creating an ATDD Ready Sprint Backlog in Scrum" by Ralph Jocham. This...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Sep 5, 2012 11:59 pm
Greg, ... hard job to do well. I imagine it may take a similar time frame for companies to learn how to master this discipline as it did for them to learn...
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Pito Salas
pito
Sep 6, 2012 1:11 am
I am interested in this thread as I am working on just such a situation right now. I want to clarify what you mean by "Product Management", just another word...
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gplfreak
Sep 6, 2012 2:36 am
Have a question about using Scrum, the volunteers at the Agile Hotline are here to help. When you call the Agile Hotline you're connected to an agile...
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Steve
steveatootac
Sep 6, 2012 9:26 am
Hi Charles ... I think that this is because nearly all conference seesions focus on the project activities and even though there is plenty of 'business value'...
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Steve
steveatootac
Sep 6, 2012 9:36 am
Hello Pito ... I'm sure Charles will reply for himself but I though I'd just add my 2 cents worth. First sentance from the Scrum Guide 2011 - "Scrum is a...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Sep 6, 2012 1:36 pm
Alan, ... I don't think most of my experiences with Product Management(Pdm) are good ones to draw conclusions from in terms of success, because I haven't had...
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Amit Jain
amit_jain_1978
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
Could someone help me with "Agile Project Management Tool" comparison matrix? We need to purchase one. Thanks, Amit Jain...
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Cass Dalton
cassdalton73
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
Sounds to me like your organization has multi-tasking built into it, which is arguably anti-agile. It sounds like you are trying to make an agile team out of...
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Kevin Callahan
kevincallaha...
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
How many product owners/managers are there? Who is prioritizing the work that the team is to do next? -kevin ... Kevin Callahan, CSP Scrum Master mobile:...
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Cass Dalton
cassdalton73
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
One way to facilitate cross functionality is to limit the work to be done in a Sprint to 1 or 2 products at a time. That way not only will you become more...
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devesh.kumar@...
devesh_ku
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
I am being asked to setup agile in totality. I know to setup agile development team. What I don't know is: Agile budgeting, How to migrate VPs in agile higher...
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digigm
Sep 6, 2012 1:45 pm
Based on some experience I had: *VersionOne* should have all thing that you need nevertheless I have hard times with its UI that's over-designed. On the other...
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jessicacp23
Sep 6, 2012 1:46 pm
Thanks Bret for your comment. Below is a very interesting book I just read on Agile, Scrum and Kanban: ...
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Eduardo Cristiano Neg...
eduardocnegrao
Sep 6, 2012 1:46 pm
I am really interested on this, but I am in Brazil. Is this just available for people in the U.S? Att, ... -- *Eduardo Cristiano Negrão -...
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Stephen Starkey
firepoet78
Sep 6, 2012 1:53 pm
Jira with Greenhopper actually now supports multiple projects on one board via Rapid Boards. Also, the new Scrum support is out of this world awesome. I...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Sep 6, 2012 2:25 pm
What kind of help do you want from this group? Book recommendations? Mentoring? Coaching? Training? Or??? Seems like a great opportunity for you to learn some...
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Derek Neighbors
gplfreak
Sep 6, 2012 2:37 pm
Eduardo, It currently is only English and only US phone number. However, it will accept calls from anywhere. We have gotten several calls from the UK. -- ...
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Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Sep 6, 2012 2:44 pm
... guess is that many Pdm's also don't have this visibility and that is part of the problem. What is the RoI of adding a new feature to the spellcheck...
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Alan Dayley
alandond
Sep 6, 2012 3:46 pm
Charles, It is interesting how we have this separation between defining a product and developing that product. The lean startup ideas are mashing these two ...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Sep 6, 2012 6:25 pm
Pito, My definitions in this thread are somewhat like... Product Management: "The organizational structure within a business that manages the development,...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Sep 6, 2012 6:29 pm
Paul, ... to the extent you perhaps would like it to any time soon. I would agree that determining and/or projecting ROI can be difficult at times, but I think...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Sep 6, 2012 6:40 pm
Alan, I've had some similar experiences to yours, though in recent years on Scrum implementations, I've made it a priority to get as many of the relevant and...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Sep 6, 2012 6:54 pm
Hi Derek, ... Is there a charge for this service? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com If it is more than you need, it is waste. -- Andy Seidl...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 6, 2012 9:45 pm
According to the site there is no charge to use it, but they are encouraging donations presumably to cover operating costs....
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Sep 7, 2012 12:25 am
Charles, I hear the word proxy being thrown around like that is acceptable for a Product Owner. It's not. If a Scrum Team does not have the right person in the...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 7, 2012 12:44 am
... +1 I think the problem is that as organizations mature and grow large they develop into layers and they create structures that disrupt communication...
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Derek Neighbors
gplfreak
Sep 7, 2012 3:39 am
Adam, That is correct. It is free, run by volunteers. The donations are simply to cover phone costs, they go directly to the phone data provider. -- Derek...
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jamesjhawkins
Sep 7, 2012 8:04 am
The following reminded me of a "discussion" I had with a Scrum Coach ... I said that the Product Owner should review the test cases, during the Sprint. I also...
