Title: ‘Play’ with iteration products to remember what happened during the whole project Use: 1) What kind of retro is it best suited for? Milestone, End of Project 2) What phase of the retro would you use it in? readying, present, future 3) Purpose If the software product has been developed iteratively, then each iterationContinue reading “Retrospective Technique: Playtime”
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Scrum at CNN
I found an article that documents the development change at News Network CNN from the waterfall method to Scrum. The article documents the reasons on changing from Waterfall to Scrum, the challenges, the benefits and the outcomes. Its surprising to me that CNN would use Scrum as I never really thought that they would haveContinue reading “Scrum at CNN”
The Accidental Scrum.
I was flicking through the Scrum Alliance site when I found an article entitled “The Accidental Scrum”. It was written by Royal Navy Logistics officer who was posted to a Ship that had to leave port sooner than expected. He had to have the ship ready to leave port in 5 days time when origionallyContinue reading “The Accidental Scrum.”
Terminating a Sprint
I have been researching the theory of terminating a Sprint. I have never encountered an occasion where I have had to terminate a Sprint, but I thought it was always good to research why Sprints would be terminated, and how the Team would deal with a Sprint Termination. The Product Owner is the only memberContinue reading “Terminating a Sprint”
Retorspective Technique. Weather report
I have conducted a few retrospectives using the weather report as a sort of break in method to try and help the group engage with one another more and find out their mood. I printed off some cards with some symbols printed on them to represent some weather patterns. Sun, Sun / Cloud, Thunder and Rain. Continue reading “Retorspective Technique. Weather report”
Scrum From Hell
One of the areas a Scrum Master needs to practice is facilitating meetings. I have found an exercise that can help train a Scrum Master in Facilitation. One of the problems that I had when facilitating a Scrum meeting was being able to move the meeting on when appropriate. I would let people ramble onContinue reading “Scrum From Hell”
The Agile Manifesto
The Agile Manifesto is a statement of the principles that underpin agile software development. The Manifesto was derived by representatives of various new methodologies such as Scrum and extreme programming where they saw the need for lightweight methodologies to replace the traditionally used heavy weight ones. The 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto are: Our highest priorityContinue reading “The Agile Manifesto”
The Product Backlog
The Product Backlog is like a a wish list of requirements. The Backlog is like a living list that is always changing as stories are added, prioritized and deprioritized daily. It is the Product Owners job to keep the Product Backlog Items prioritized and constantly groomed to to allow maximum efficiency. Not only is prioritizationContinue reading “The Product Backlog”
Daily Scrum Mistakes.
After researching techniques that would improve my Daily Scrum. I thought I would highlight some mistakes that can occur within a Daily Scrum Meeting that you can further improve to make your Daily Scrum more appealing. I read an article on “Scrum from the Trenches” Daily Scrum Mistakes that echo’s some of the sentiments feltContinue reading “Daily Scrum Mistakes.”
Scrum Alliance
The Scrum Alliance site is a very good resource for Scrum Articles, Scrum Training and finding out where Scrum gatherings are happening around the world. If you have not checked it out yet, have a look. It may be of use to you. Scrum Alliance Website
