I think it's worth mentioning, FWIW, that in our Scrum.org PSM Class, we teach this approach to technical debt: 1. Stop creating debt 2. Make a small payment...
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Nirmala Jegadheesan
jnirmala
Feb 26, 2013 8:16 pm
Hi Ensieh, Â Â Â Every person from the PMO can take part in the SCRUM team based on the nature of projects your company handle. Either a project or a product...
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Edison Lascano
edison_lascano
Feb 26, 2013 8:17 pm
HI there. Usually the yahoo mails will come from @yahoo-inc.com BUt, yes, there is too much spam nowadays.ç Thanks Edison Edison...
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M.Jalilnejad
mjalilnezhadb
Feb 26, 2013 8:17 pm
... ​Hi Ensieh​, I was in your situation about one year ago. It depends on *YOUR* current organizational status, it depends on* YOUR* Organization ...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Feb 26, 2013 8:22 pm
Nirmala, ... I don't understand. The ScrumMaster is not supposed to do any "controlling" as far as I know. And I'm not aware of the role "Retrospective...
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Michael James
michaeljames...
Feb 27, 2013 8:35 am
A few years ago I worked with a situation that still puzzles me. A company in Manhattan asked for help doing Scrum with four or five teams. Most of my...
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Silvana Wasitova
wasitova
Feb 27, 2013 12:52 pm
As an ex-Yahoo, one who worked with several distributed teams there, including several work-from-home arrangements, i think Marissa is right in emphasizing the...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Feb 27, 2013 2:59 pm
"The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. " Agile Teams are not self...
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Alex Chastinet
alexchastine...
Feb 27, 2013 3:17 pm
I think she is not "going Agile" with this kind of behavior: ...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Feb 27, 2013 3:43 pm
Alex, Could you explain more about what you mean by this? ... I do not in any way understand what you are saying. Â ... Charles Bradley Scrum Coach-in-Chief ...
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Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Feb 27, 2013 3:56 pm
You are assuming that going to the office means the people will be co-located. In my company, if I started going to the office, I'd still be the only person in...
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Alex Chastinet
alexchastine...
Feb 27, 2013 4:00 pm
Charles, Marisa has broken at least one principle of Agile Manifesto: *"Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Feb 27, 2013 4:15 pm
Really, Agile is about supporting employees with nurseries and other child care benefits? I'm sorry, but that's a very far stretch IMO. I don't think that is...
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Jean Richardson
pdxtigerlily
Feb 27, 2013 5:05 pm
+1 to Ron's comments, and I'd be a bit concerned about mixing "Scrum, XP and Kanban Practices as you need." It's remarkably easy to frost traditional ...
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Bret Wortman
WortmanB
Feb 27, 2013 5:11 pm
I think that's a bit of a stretch, though I might agree that this move, given her own resources and modifications, might be politically difficult. There are...
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Jean Richardson
pdxtigerlily
Feb 27, 2013 5:24 pm
Michael, you're a braver man than I am-plopping that link into this group. I saw the story last weekend and thought about posting it but decided that life is...
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Michael James
michaeljames...
Feb 27, 2013 8:28 pm
... Was Ken mistaken when he wrote "The team is utterly self managing?" My experience on a small self managing (and collocated) team is that there is no place...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Feb 28, 2013 2:40 am
MJ, I know you're not asking me to speak for Ken Schwaber or to try to explain why he said some random quote. ;-)  I was speaking of Agile, not necessarily...
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banshee858
Feb 28, 2013 3:10 pm
... I'd be careful going in this direction. IMO, it comes off as sexist, but that is me. Also, we do not know, but perhaps one of the commitments she has...
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Madhur Kathuria
madhurgenius
Feb 28, 2013 4:40 pm
Team, FYI. ... With Regards, *Madhur Kathuria, CSC, CSP, CSM, CSA* Chair, India Scrum Enthusiasts Community (ISEC) Founder, Agile Pune Call: +91.8506011150 ...
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Kevin Callahan
kevincallaha...
Feb 28, 2013 6:55 pm
Jean, +1 for chainsaws; love my Husqvarna :) Seriously though, I take "power tools" to equate to "tools and processes". Power tools are great, when they're...
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SARFRAAZ AHMED
s_raaz
Feb 28, 2013 6:55 pm
Hello, I have conducted a Scrum Training for my team and they were very enlightened to see the benefits of scrum through the "Airplane exercise". They were...
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Nirmala Jegadheesan
jnirmala
Feb 28, 2013 6:55 pm
Ron, Â In practical situations, the Scrum Master cannot stop from just advising the team. When the team is new and immature regarding the agile processes the...
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Christofer Jennings
christoferje...
Feb 28, 2013 6:55 pm
Like this thread. Definitely agree with Ron and Charles. FWIW: We're having success basically following the rules Charles laid out. My current project is built...
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Jean Richardson
pdxtigerlily
Feb 28, 2013 10:00 pm
We wade here into the challenge of people in PMO’s being enculturated to work one way and agile struggling to enculturate people to work another. Training...
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Doug Sims
belatunes
Mar 1, 2013 7:49 pm
Just started with a team that I am new to, but they have been together for awhile. Background: When Planning, each story is given a "story" estimate based on...
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Andrew Burrows
readytoscrumble
Mar 1, 2013 8:01 pm
Hey Sarfraaz, I've had some success with Google docs and Google Hangout. The docs, of course, allow people to collaborate, and the drawing tool can be a useful...
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Ali H. Moghadam
alimoghi
Mar 1, 2013 8:01 pm
Nirmala, I think the old style PMOs are not good candidates for ScramMaster role, as the SM should have a good understanding of servant leadership and scrum...
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Alan Dayley
alandond
Mar 1, 2013 8:52 pm
A very short answer: In a Sprint the team is agreeing to complete the stories, not the tasks. As the team works on a story they may find that some tasks are...
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avinap77
Mar 2, 2013 8:25 am
Hi Doug, ... Story estimates are used by the PO to plan releases (long term planning). Task estimates are used by the dev-team to plan their day-to-day work...
