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 event was being able to move the meeting on when appropriate. I would let people ramble onContinue reading “Scrum From Hell”
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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
Google Tech Talk. Agile Testing
Google Tech TalksDecember 9, 2005 Elisabeth Hendrickson ABSTRACTAs more teams are adopting Agile practices such as XP and Scrum, software testing teams are being asked to become “Agile” as well. But what does that mean? Is the Agile label yet another buzzword? Or could it be Agile practices are actually changing the way software isContinue reading “Google Tech Talk. Agile Testing”
Prioritizing :)
I have been on holiday from the world of Scrum for the past 3 days! It has been a welcome break from the hustle and Bustle from the Scrum Team! 🙂 Without knowing it, I basically used Scrum to plan out my holiday. As it was the first time I have been off this year,Continue reading “Prioritizing :)”
Handling Bugs in an Agile Context
Handling Bugs in an Agile Context This is an interesting article that was passed to me by a friend, thanks Mel! The article is based around the handling of Bugs in Agile Development. This has made me think about the way that my own team handle our Bugs. As QA and Scrum Master for myContinue reading “Handling Bugs in an Agile Context”
How to fit QA into Scrum
I read an interesting article that addresses some of the problems that my own team has encountered with trying to fit QA into Scrum. We have found that on some occasions coding new functionality for our site can take up a large part of the sprint, which can have a knock on effect on theContinue reading “How to fit QA into Scrum”
How Scrum has improved our QA
I have worked at a web based startup company for the past 3 years. Before we implemented Scrum just under two years ago now, the QA team, of which I was a part of was a separate unit from all other teams. We worked with the watrerfall method of development which meant we were involvedContinue reading “How Scrum has improved our QA”
Daily Scrum 