As I've been implementing Scrum, I've encountered some weak engineering practices. These usually undercut the Scrum effort, because the engineering team is...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Jul 4, 2000 7:26 pm
I'm writing an article on Scrum for American Programmer, issue entitled "MinimumMethodologies", with the title "Evolution of Scrum". Based on your...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Jul 11, 2000 12:14 pm
I usually start Scrum implementation with daily Scrum meetings ... providing some visibility into what everyone's doing. We have held three days of daily...
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Guy Yollin
yolling@...
Jul 11, 2000 4:01 pm
Ken, I would be interested in speaking with you about visiting with and presenting to our company. I'm somewhat familiar with scrum, I found the controlchaos...
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ken schwaber
kschwaber@...
Jul 11, 2000 9:38 pm
Guy, Good to hear from you. I'd be happy to present Scrum, and spend some time discussing how you might use it where you are. Being travel adverse, your offer...
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f.j.minguez@...
Jul 18, 2000 2:58 pm
Besides working as Senior Consultant on various assignments, I'm also preparing a masters thesis. The work titel of my thesis is "Applying an iterative...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:53 pm
We've encountered a new, useful type of backlog - master backlog. A product is driven by a product backlog, stating the features, facilities, content, and...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Aug 11, 2000 3:24 pm
The Jul/Aug 2000 edition of IEEE Software Magazine focuses on Process Diversity with an excellent article on SCRUM: Linda Rising and Norman S. Janoff. "The...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Oct 18, 2000 1:44 pm
Cutter IT Journal's November issue covers light methodologies. There is an article on Scrum Software Development (progress since it was first formalized)...
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Grant Heck
gheck@...
Oct 18, 2000 2:24 pm
Ken , Please send me a reprint when you get them. Thanks Grant Heck 2350 Willow Stream Drive Quakertown, PA 18951 ... From: "Ken Schwaber"...
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Fouzia Amar
amafo@...
Oct 19, 2000 1:04 pm
Please send me a copy, Fouzia AMAR, amafo@... ... From: Ken Schwaber To: scrumdevelopment@egroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:44 AM ...
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ken schwaber
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Oct 24, 2000 11:15 pm
Please send me your mail address ... From: Fouzia Amar To: scrumdevelopment@egroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:06 AM Subject: Re:...
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Kevin Wang
star_wang@...
Oct 25, 2000 12:30 am
Please send me a copy or send it to the group. ... From: ken schwaber [mailto:kschwaber@...] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 7:23 AM To:...
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Fouzia Amar
amafo@...
Oct 25, 2000 1:22 pm
1806 Rue Jolicoeur, apt 1 Montreal, H3E 1X2, Québec Merci, ... From: ken schwaber To: scrumdevelopment@egroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:23 PM ...
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ken schwaber
kschwaber@...
Oct 25, 2000 10:06 pm
Attached is a preliminary version of the Scrum article that I recently mentioned. This is a preliminary version, not as good as the final that was published...
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Leesa Haslam
Leesa.Haslam@...
Oct 25, 2000 10:59 pm
Hi Ken,  What type of document is this? Word? Other?  Thanks, -Leesa  ... From: ken schwaber [mailto:kschwaber@...] Sent: Wednesday, October...
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Kevin Wang
star_wang@...
Oct 26, 2000 12:33 am
Thank you, Ken, I will spend time to read it. And Leesa, the document is .pdf format. ... From: Leesa Haslam [mailto:Leesa.Haslam@...] Sent: Thursday,...
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ruben@...
Oct 30, 2000 10:03 pm
Hi all: I'm at the end of a "death march" software proyect for a client. Right at the end, i started looking for ways to minimize the pain of developing, and...
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Peter McGowan
mcgowan@...
Oct 30, 2000 11:43 pm
Hi Rubén, The "something" you are missing is sensed by everybody considering this approach to software development. The "something" is the detail which...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Nov 25, 2000 7:07 pm
I've been invited to a session on "light methodologies" or "minimalMethodologies". This caused me to rethink about whether Scrum is a methodology. My...
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Ward Cunningham
ward@...
Nov 25, 2000 8:31 pm
... Call it a method if methodology sounds too pompous. The light weight stuff holds up well against the rest which is why there is so much interest at the...
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Krotowski, Randy (RKRO)
rkro@...
Nov 28, 2000 6:20 am
I suggest that Scrum is a methodology which I define as a set of principles and processes, in this case with a heavy emphasis on the principles. I believe...
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Grant Heck
gheck@...
Nov 28, 2000 2:53 pm
... From: "Ken Schwaber" <kschwaber@...> To: <scrumdevelopment@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: [scrumdevelopment] A...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Nov 30, 2000 1:08 am
My father used to say that the only people who don't make mistakes are dead. I guess I proved him right by sending out a personal message to the whole...
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spy
thespywhocame@...
Nov 30, 2000 7:23 pm
I am a project manager that recently started using SCRUM methodology as a way of re-energizing and re-focussing my team on the current project. I have found I...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Nov 30, 2000 7:55 pm
Scrums work well for teams with a high degree of cohesion and low dependencies on other teams. When the chaos in the environment is so high that you have to...
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Leesa Haslam
Leesa.Haslam@...
Nov 30, 2000 9:23 pm
Hi, You are correct in stating that one of the benefits of scrum is creating a focused environment for the team which allows them to do the most important ...
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Peter McGowan
mcgowan@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:54 am
Hi, How have you handled documentation personnel in the past? In a perfect world each member of the Scrum team is focused on the same goal, the next release...
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Leesa Haslam
Leesa.Haslam@...
Dec 1, 2000 1:59 pm
Hi, I've faced this same dilemma many times. The approach that I've found works best for me is for the documentation team to assign a single doc person as a ...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber@...
Jan 8, 2001 1:01 am
Some pretty interesting discussions are occurring re. the role of lightweight methodologies (Scrum has been grouped herein), particularly as considered to that...