Our Scrum Team recently gained a new member and I came to the stark realization that everyone in our team has an iPhone! How awesome is that!! (Yes, the sceptics amongst you who have not converted to the Church of Apple may scorn all you want! but we don’t care :D) First up is PlanningContinue reading “Scrum Software on the iPhone.”
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Online Scrum Wall
This is my first blog post in a while. I have been taking part in some really interesting Iterations recently that have pushed the boundary of what I have learned and really pushed me to learn more. The one thing I have learned about Scrum is that you don’t stop learning about Scrum 🙂 IContinue reading “Online Scrum Wall”
Tips For First Time Scrum Masters
Tips For First Time Scrum Masters I find this part of the article interesting. Plan the demo and demo the plan If you happen to be the ScrumMaster of a team that is ushering in agile to the organization, your sprint plannings, standups, reviews, and retrospectives could garner interest and attention from many quarters. YouContinue reading “Tips For First Time Scrum Masters”
Incrimental Agile QA
An Article on how QA. Incremental QA is highly desirable in Scrum. Scrum does not distinguish between development and QA as in waterfall model. It expects that the product feature you are working on is designed, developed and tested by the end of a sprint – One sprint does it all. This article touches onContinue reading “Incrimental Agile QA”
Agile Working Promotes IT skills in UK
A look at how BA is promoting Agile in its IT operations Agile Working Promotes IT skills in UK
Nokia Training Using Scrum To Create A Lego City!
The Scrum LEGO City Game is about building a nice city with Lego bricks – not a new idea till here – and doing it using as much as possible what learned during the Scrum Training. To create the sense of urgency, agile42 presents the “Product Vision” as to prove to the world that itContinue reading “Nokia Training Using Scrum To Create A Lego City!”
How To Hold The Daily Scrum
An informative article on how to hold the Daily Scrum Meeting. The Daily Scrum is simple daily routine to help the team self-organize, focus, and identify and eliminate impediments to progress. How do you conduct the Daily Scrum and how do you know if the Daily Scrum is achieving its purpose? How to hold theContinue reading “How To Hold The Daily Scrum”
Agile Practices Are Not Just About Management
I came across this article by Mike Hadlow via Twitter. I found that I could relate some of what was described in the article to my own company. It is well worth a read “Once the software gets part a certain size and age, it becomes almost un-movable and a real hindrance to the business. OftenContinue reading “Agile Practices Are Not Just About Management”
Tight Deadlines in Scrum
I have found the issue of producing a substantial piece of functionality with a tight deadline an issue with Scrum. I shall set the scene. We conducted our Quarterly planning and prioritized our work for the Quarter. A few days before the Quarter began a new piece of functionality was dropped on us from aContinue reading “Tight Deadlines in Scrum”
Dealing With The Problem Of Too Many Meetings
If you work as part of a Scrum Team, then you would have heard these words at some point in time. I can guarantee you! “There are too many meetings during an iteration and we cannot get enough work done” Here is an article that tries to deal with this. Get Serious about your meetingsContinue reading “Dealing With The Problem Of Too Many Meetings”
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