Hi! Maybe you could help me understand something about how to use the sprint goal when the backlog is described with user stories. The Scrum Guide says: "The...
Many a times, you must have come across a question. Is Agile suitable for my Project? There are many studies done. For example 1.Boehm and Turner(Balancing...
1) not really relevant 2) Preferably yes. Otherwise, what is the story doing in that sprint, as it doesn't serve the overall goal. A set of stories with a...
Hi Gercel, To answer your questions from one point of view: 1) How often stories are added/removed from the sprint in the teams you work with? In my experience...
Hi, The question is not if agile is suitable, the question is what's the project? what's purpose? when? for who? budget? team? Tell me what is in your...
Agreed. Thanks to all for the responses.  ... Charles Bradley Scrum Coach-in-Chief ScrumCrazy.com ... Agreed. Thanks to all for the responses. -------...
I just want to give a big giant +++++++++1 to this effort. I think what Ryan is doing here is awesome. I get pinged about doing a lot of Agile surveys, and I...
Jesse and Bob: thanks for taking the time to reply. I can see that the DoD should be a clear definition about what is expected of each story in terms of...
Gercel, ... Only at sprint planning or anytime... Stories, not technically part of Scrum, but one of several ways to represent PBI's in Scrum, are always...
Hi Gercel, Stories should be negotiable, in that the way to get to a specific functionality can vary. If the team can deliver the business value in a simpler...
Two weeks ago I stepped into a Team during the their Planning Day and over the next few days helped the Developer/Scrum Master, who had been none-too-gleefully...
Quick question, how many people are on the team and how do members get assigned to tasks? Your following statement is curious to me: between maintaining...
Hello Jean,I commented on your blog (unrelated). It looks as though the team's capability should be improved. I use capability in a very broad manner....
Jean, It sounds to me that the team could use some quick wins. Those are usually to be had from properly splitting stories (using evolutionary design...
@Wouter - Well said. I appreciate and echo the value of the sprint goal(s) for the very reasons you stated. One very challenging team I led, together with...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the kind words! Interesting question: I actually have not been very successful using sprint goals in teams with lower maturity. It's been...
Hi Jean, Always a difficult situation. You see so many improvement opportunities, but they also take time and effort to learn by the team. I would be hesitant...
Lately we've been hearing a lot about prescriptive approaches to large scale development (such as "Scaled Agile Framework") that compromise Agile principles....
... Saying that the Scaled Agile Framework compromises Agile principles might be controversial enough to require some supporting argument. When I read...
Development of the cardmapping.com tool is continuing at cardboardit.com. Jeff Patton and David Hussman are guiding development from a product perspective. You...
FOLKS: I'm curious to hear some thoughts - not only from my fellow ScrumMasters out there - but hopefully right from the mouths of any "Agile Thought Leaders"...
Hi Doug, from my perspective what happens in the Scrum community right now it exactly what companies are doing in order to come up with innovation: they build...
It is all good. Schism seems to be a strange word to use. Does anyone want a singular, official, unified, understanding of what Agile is and how it should be...
I met Craig Larman a few weeks back at Agile India 2013. He was talking about this and I was looking forward to this article. Thanks Michael for sharing it !! ...
T his is interesting because it address 2 different points in Change: - the change goal --> being agile or scrum driven - the transition phases --> passing...
I am helping a distributed team (PO and developers in different locations) and though, personally, I like "physical"; story maps better, the team would need an...
