Hello, I have a question regarding how Scrum should be applied to legacy projects in particular regards to priorities Imagine the following situation : * The...
Dear friends, Please accept my deepest apologies for not being able to attend the upcoming Scrum Gathering in Boston this May. But unfortunately, once again, a...
... I think that depends on what I'm doing "while I'm there". For example, if I see an obvious programming error unrelated to the code I'm working on, I'll fix...
I would do lower priority items before higher priority items if: 1) There was something standing in the way of all the high priorities (a decision from...
I see from the SMTP headers you're using MS Outlook: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 If you're using Outlook 2003 or later, select the menu...
Here in Toronto it was a glorious 20 celcius today. Mmmmm. With luck, we won't have any more snow (it's been known to happen). That means: by now it must be...
We have been using Scrum for about 4 months now, and I am seeing a recurring problem with some team members arriving late to daily scrums. I have spoken to...
In a message dated 4/15/2005 3:08:24 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com writes: Subject: RE: What are most frequent objections to...
Does anyone have suggestions for hotels near the Open Scrum Gathering in May? Hotel@MIT is a little steep, unless it's my only decent choice. Thanks in...
Hi, I am having trouble installing the Excel Add-In for the scrum training class. I am running Excel 2003 on a Dell Latitude D600 laptop 1.6mhz w/512mb. When I...
Given that a Product Owner prioritizes the product backlog, negotiates which backlog items to commit to a sprint, and also establishes the priorities of items...
We are contemplating the use of Microsoft's LiveMeeting as a way of getting a geographically diverse audience to our Sprint Review meeting. I was wondering if...
A question for those of you faced with introducting Scrum and other Agile practices to skeptics: What are the most frequent objections you encounter?...
Following up on the pigs and chickens sometime back, you will be happy to know that other industries use similar metaphors. Here is some amusement for the...
Todd, I completely agree with everything you said but I want to underline ... In some architectures "order" matters more than in others -- this is why it is a...
... I like the word "team" to emphasize we're all in it together. I don't refer to a "this team" and a "that team" though. There is "the team". People seem to...
Hi, I am preparing a presentation about Scrum, and I am looking for Product and Sprint Backlog examples. In the Ken book, I don't understand the Product...
Just read an interview (http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1779708,00.asp) with Thomas Friedman where he talks about his new book. He's quoted with...
Hi, I am quite new to scrum and have some very basic questions regarding the sprint planning meeting. I admit in advance that some of the questions might seem...
During the recent CSM courses, I've been emphasizing the interpersonal skills part of being a CSM, so we can teach people how to form and retaln the joy and...
Hi, As I mentioned earlier, I'm new to the list and to scrum in general, so I've got lots of questions. I'm a former developer who is now working on QA for a...
Yeah, it has always bothered me too, that the word "team" is so associated with competiton. Also, teams typically have leaders - so do "councils"; (a...
I find the exchange which I have excerpted below troubling. How can we presume to make a rule about who gets to speak at meetings and expect it to cover all...
Perhaps if we did not find it necessary to create a we-they divide, and then magnify it with offensive terms like chickens and pigs, we would not have this...
A leader is best when people barely know it exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say : we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu. Géry. "einschlitz"...
