Hi, I've just read "Exploiting Chaos: Cashing in on the Realities of Software Development" by Dave Olson. In his book he proposes a "splinter department". This...
Here are a couple of comments on issues raised on the list yesterday: 1. SCRUM works for any type of project. It was originally designed for product...
ADM is offering and I'm teaching two classes about Scrum in February in Boston: Feb 19-20 Agile Software Development with Scrum Training - An in-depth ...
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Ken, I am delighted to hear that your next book will focus on driving software development based on business value. I thought I'd post a few observations on...
IDX Large Product (Ken Schwaber should add to this) In 1996, Jeff Sutherland took the SVP of Engineering and Product Development position at IDX Systems Corp....
On Wednesday I've got a meeting with one of those IT industry analysts (Giga). In a recent survey they said that one of the disadvantages of agile methods is...
(Just to keep everyone in the loop - this is source of the "detailed, defined, step-wise, and sequenced process") Let's get even more precise. Let's get to...
This morning I interviewed a project manager at a multinational corporation. I managed to restrain myself from bringing Scrum up until the actual interview was...
The theoretical basis that I keep referring to that is briefly presented in the excerpt (www.controlchaos.com/excerpt.pdf) and in more detail in chapter 6 of...
... Sure. I am using: "The Capability Maturity Model - guidelines for improving the software process", SEI, Addison and Wesley, 1995. as a reference. Most of...
... Dave: Thanks for the info. This is useful because even though something like XP stories may overlap in its goals with something like the Requirements...
I agree with most of what you say, but I can't help thinking of Edison. His greatest invention was a repeatable process for inventing things. Menlo Park has...
Ken, I have a couple of questions about the Product Backlog. Assuming that I allow everything into this backlog, I am concerned about having so many rows that...
Ken: Many thanks for your stimulating work on the topic of agile development. You've made tangible some vague ideas that have drifted in and out of my thinking...
"Agile Software Development with Scrum" is now available in bookstores and at Amazon.com. The book covers the theory, practice, and advanced use of the Scrum...
If I could impose on those of you who have read the Scrum book, could you put your comments about the Scrum book on the www.amazon.com website at the book's...
Hello everyone, I'm a Software Engineering student at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden (http://www.bth.se) This spring I will do my master thesis. The...
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A couple of articles that I wrote on two unexplored areas of agile processes and scrum are posted on InformIT (www.informit.com) under my name. The articles...
During the Agile Alliance meeting at OOPSLA, I volunteered to look into forming an Agile Alliance structure within a non profit organization. The Agile...
The Agile Alliance Leaps Forward ... When the term ``agile methods'' was coined at Snowbird early in 2001, few of us could have predicted the speed with which...
Now I am done with the report about Scrum. It has been really interesting to study Scrum. Scrum really have many interesting parts and aspects, I must say. So...
New stuff has been put up on the www.controlchaos.com website, including more information about the newest Scrum book and recent articles at InformIT about...
Ken, Have you or Mike Beedle written up anything more about XBreed (SCRUM + XP) than what's on the XBreed web site? The site's pretty thin right now. I presume...
I want to mention that the last Scrum class of the year will be held in mid-October (right after OOPSLA). The class covers the theory, practices, and...
