... Normally you don't. ... Tell us more please. This seems like an odd change. ... Then you really do want to stick to one week sprints. ... Well here's how I...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 11, 2012 7:04 pm
As the OP, I can tell you that what I was looking for was info on Scrum itself, from a developers point of view, not advice on development practices. I'm...
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Edson Chavez
grubhart
Jun 11, 2012 7:09 pm
Hi Everybody, it's not about Scrum but i want add the books "Peopleware" and "The Art of Agile Development", are really good about teams and agile practices ...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jun 11, 2012 7:28 pm
Since none of your questions have anything to do with development why do you need a developer's point of view? Why would I, as a developer, write a book that...
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Jonathan
jon_eversett
Jun 11, 2012 7:41 pm
Hi, Having read the proposal I would like more information on how the estimates are baselined. In previous projects we have used relative estimation and...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jun 11, 2012 8:36 pm
Hi Cass, ... I have some concerns / questions ... I would like to place a few monetary units on the cell marked: "Team is not much engaged in Backlog...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 11, 2012 8:47 pm
Adam, I don't think I can explain it any better over email than I already have, and I don't think further explanation by me will yield any better results, so...
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Alan Dayley
alandond
Jun 11, 2012 8:47 pm
It is good that you are working on getting better! I don't have a lot of time so I'll be a bit direct here: - The higher ups shouldn't be worried about...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 11, 2012 8:48 pm
Ron, ... Did Ken change another term? I thought I was up on this topic, but apparently "Backlog Refinement" is the new term. Where did that change come...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jun 11, 2012 8:52 pm
Hi Charles: Yes, a lot of good resources have been mentioned. I just don't think you are going to find a good analysis of Scrum from a developer's perspective ...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jun 11, 2012 9:00 pm
10-foot non-pole-touching zone engaged. On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Charles Bradley - Scrum Coach CSP CSM PSM...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jun 11, 2012 9:36 pm
Hi Cass, ... Not a good assumption IMO. The backlog can be thought to be the requirements. It is not the requirements document. And they're not requirements,...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jun 11, 2012 9:38 pm
Hi Charles, ... There was discussion on the CST list about it. "Grooming"; is a very bad notion in the UK. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com If it is more than...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 11, 2012 11:13 pm
I'm curious if Adam and other list members who don't like terminology changes being done by the Scrum Guide also similarly dislike the CST's attempts at this...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jun 12, 2012 12:21 am
... The phrase "because of the type of work we are doing" does not suggest anything to me that would make me want to go to two week Sprints over one week,...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jun 12, 2012 1:40 am
Cass, ... I've found that more acceptance criteria that includes explicit examples helps with the understanding. See ...
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narke
narkewd
Jun 12, 2012 2:56 am
Hi, Group Hi, List I am not aware of the differences or common parts between Scrum and XP. Especially, does Scrum require TDD? -- narke I can't go back to...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Jun 12, 2012 4:46 am
Scrum does not require nor prohibit any programming practice. That includes things like TDD and Continuous Integration from XP, as well as many other things. ...
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narkewd
Jun 12, 2012 12:16 pm
... Thanks. If I had already known about XP, what's the best way to learn Scrum quickly? Or, could you highlight the most big differences between Scrum and...
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narkewd
Jun 12, 2012 12:16 pm
... Thanks. If I had already known about XP, what's the best way to learn Scrum quickly? Or, could you highlight the most big differences between Scrum and...
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Humair quadri
s_humair
Jun 12, 2012 12:16 pm
hi narke TDD is not required by scrum but it is very much appreciated and helpful in agile development Regards, Humair, CSM -- Sent from my mobile device --...
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Oksana Schwartz
fortheloveof...
Jun 12, 2012 12:16 pm
I want to avoid any sprint interruptions, and I have been pushing back as much as possible, it comes down to the fact that we are an ad driven business, and...
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Jonathan
jon_eversett
Jun 12, 2012 12:16 pm
Hi Cass, I too am trying to get to grips with the subtleties of User Stories and my first assumption is that the stories should be what a user wants i.e....
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 12, 2012 12:23 pm
This is my preferred way of handling production support: http://www.scrumcrazy.com/One+way+to+handle+Bugs+and+Production+Support+in+Scrum I have concerns...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 12, 2012 12:29 pm
Well said, Jon! I also ++1 to doing backlog grooming(and all of Ron's excellent advice). Not realizing that backlog grooming is a required component of...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 12, 2012 12:35 pm
...and one more thing I don't think anybody mentioned yet. Can the "new customer signup/integration" be more automated? It seems like the cost of...
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RonJeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jun 12, 2012 12:41 pm
Hi Oksana, ... Seems to me that the purpose of Scrum is to help the business. So, since money talks, as you put it, it seems to me that you should set up your...
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Charles Bradley - Scr...
charles_brad...
Jun 12, 2012 1:02 pm
Oksana, +1 to Ron's advice, except that he and I disagree on how easy it is to learn to split stories smaller. Given that he is the co-inventor of User...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
Jun 12, 2012 1:29 pm
Oksana - hmmm that doesn't sound like a good reason to change Sprint Length - Are you good at Story Splitting? See: ...
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Greg Robinson
robinsgr
Jun 14, 2012 3:06 am
Has anyone created a user story map for a project when the team and the stakeholders/customers are geographically distributed? I've created story maps when...
