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...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Mar 2, 2013 11:07 am
Hi Avi, ... Long-term planning is risky business for a process focused on steering based on the current real situation, as it "calls the shot" for those who...
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avinap77
Mar 2, 2013 5:49 pm
Hi Ron, ... Agreed, yet that (release planning) is still the purpose of story estimates. I would expect a healthy scrum organizatin to allow the PO to plan...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Mar 3, 2013 6:50 am
I have a client who is considering using Scrum in Data Warehousing(I won't be involved in that). He knows how to use Google, but I was wondering if anyone...
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Nirmala Jegadheesan
jnirmala
Mar 4, 2013 1:13 pm
Ali, Â Â Coaching the team for Acrum practices is essential and inevitable for anybody before jumping into it. If my answer sounded for skipping it I am...
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Jesse Houwing
jessehouwing
Mar 4, 2013 1:13 pm
Charles, Though it's not really helpful for you, I thought to share my experience in this area. A colleague is working on a sort of approach towards this. Not...
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M.Jalilnejad
mjalilnezhadb
Mar 4, 2013 1:15 pm
​Sorry for late response Jean, ... As I said before I see each process just a tool in our toolbox, they are powerful tools to speed up our work, but we must...
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Richard Griffiths
richjwg
Mar 4, 2013 9:38 pm
Oh dear Overheard this week - we'd like you to put together a release plan for project x. No problem says I, going on about how we can size at the epic level,...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Mar 4, 2013 10:00 pm
Richard, ... In such situations, I don't know anything better to do than to fall back on traditional estimation methods: take your best guess, triple the ...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
Mar 4, 2013 10:06 pm
Ken Collier who I know through Cutter has done some work with clients on this. At one stage he threatened to write a book on it. Cheers Mark ... -- Cheers Mark...
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theropas@...
steveropa
Mar 4, 2013 10:10 pm
It might also help to switch from Merlot to old granddad Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID ... It might also help to switch from Merlot to old...
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Charles Bradley - Pro...
charles_brad...
Mar 4, 2013 10:11 pm
Or try Lee Henson's Rapid Release planning: http://www.agiledad.com/AgileMentor/RapidReleasePlanning.pdf You mostly just need slides 38-41. Of course, this...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Mar 4, 2013 10:30 pm
... never does. But as long as it is a good Merlot -- enjoy! Here is a cartoon that may make you smile (at least for now): ...
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Richard Griffiths
richjwg
Mar 4, 2013 10:31 pm
... That was the originally suggested approach and will be done anyway, no matter what. I can’t get a sub-team to commit on behalf of the whole team....
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Richard Griffiths
richjwg
Mar 4, 2013 10:36 pm
J -- Richard Speed is n0 subsitute fnor accurancy From: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Vizdos ...
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Cheng, Richard
richkcheng
Mar 6, 2013 7:42 pm
I have heard good things about the Ken Collier book,...
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SARFRAAZ AHMED
s_raaz
Mar 6, 2013 8:08 pm
Thanks Andrew. I am planning to give this a try. For time boxing, I usually give them the "switch context" exercise. I am planning to ask them to type 2...
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Ryan Cromwell
cromwellryan
Mar 6, 2013 8:08 pm
The current information and data available to organizations contemplating Scrum, Agile, Kanban, XP, etc. have grown very stale. For the most part, the same...
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Ryan Cromwell
cromwellryan
Mar 6, 2013 8:08 pm
And since now they know about the cone of uncertainty they won't have any misguided understandings about it's accuracy. Given a large enough estimate, your...
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Nirmala Jegadheesan
jnirmala
Mar 6, 2013 8:08 pm
I agree, the most uncertain, seemingly infinite task is "Relase planning" but keep in mind you need not "COMPLETE"; it in first sitting. Make large stories, do...
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Richard Griffiths
richjwg
Mar 6, 2013 10:26 pm
All Interesting epic sizing meeting with the team today. We did relative sizing and then assigned them t-shirt values. Then we assigned them points based on ...
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Gary Brown
gb70840
Mar 6, 2013 11:09 pm
... From a much different context: Fast is fine, accuracy is final. - Wyatt Earp 8^) GB. ... This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program....
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Kevin Callahan
kevincallaha...
Mar 7, 2013 8:40 pm
I guess it depends what you're hoping to gain by spending time sizing epics? I'll also say that release planning has been one of the most difficult...
