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Scrum Retrospective Technique: Mood chart | Scrumming Man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Scrum Retrospective Technique: Mood chart. September 29, 2014. As a Scrum Master I use numerous techniques to help engage the team and ensure that all team members have an adequate opportunity to contribute. This post is about the mood chart technique I have used with many teams. A white board or flip chart (i’ve also used Lync’s online whiteboard for a distributed team. Pens (ideally as many different colours to differentiate the team members). What makes a good user story?
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. What is the best day to start a sprint? June 27, 2014. Like with many answers to questions relating to Scrum the answer is “there is no right answer”. Numerous factors can dictate what is best for a team but this will change from team to team. In my personal experience I’ve found that starting on a Wednesday is best. Why? Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. Estimation: it’s more than just knowing about the size of something. Is the Product ...
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A blog about Scrum and Agile Software Development | Scrumming Man - Page 2
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Page 2 of 2. Tips on getting started with Scrum. July 24, 2014. I’ve been lucky enough to have work in a few organisations where Scrum has been implemented from scratch so feel I’ve got a good idea of what it takes to implement Scrum in such organisations. Below are a few tips that I’ve found helpful…. I am now a Certified Scrum Product Owner. July 21, 2014. Using JIRA with Scrum. July 17, 2014. I also find tools to some degree contradict part of the agile manifesto. For distr...
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What makes a good user story? | Scrumming man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. What makes a good user story? September 3, 2014. A User Story is a common method of turning traditional user requirements into a feature for an Agile team to work on. It is written from the end users perspective and describes the value of the work to the business along with the acceptance criteria that satisfies the story. User stories were first introduced in Extreme Programming. On the back of a user story you also have the acceptance criteria for the story. These are us...
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The Importance of the Product Owner in a Scrum team | Scrumming Man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. The importance of the Product Owner. August 28, 2014. The proxy Product Owner. I’ve found that if you put Crap into a sprint then you’ll get Crap Out! Being certified doesn’t mean you own your product. Tips on getting started with Scrum. What makes a good user story? Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. Estimation: it’s more than just knowing about the size of something. Is the Product Owner becoming an endangered species? Mdash; Up ↑.
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Estimating in Scrum - why its more than just about the size
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Estimation: it’s more than just knowing about the size of something. February 19, 2015. Recently I’ve been working on a greenfield project for a CMS website to replace a temporary site that was thrown together quite quickly. As part of this we held a discovery phase. Here are a few tips i’ve found for estimation:. 8211; Spend some time estimating for future sprints in each sprint. It helps as mentioned above get a greater collective feeling for the items in the backlog but...
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About Me | Scrumming Man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Having now worked using Scrum in multiple organisations I can see the huge benefit this brings. I’ve found productivity within the team to be much higher, code/features are delivered sooner and on-time and the biggest benefit I’ve found is that the scrum team and the business are brought closer together to work towards a common goal. I certified as a Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner with The Scrum Alliance. My mum thinks I play rugby…. bless her. Estimation: it's more than...
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Sprint planning - Hours vs Story Points | Scrumming Man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Sprint planning: Hours vs Points. October 1, 2014. Hours or points for sprint planning seems to be quite an opinion splitter in the Scrum community. Even the Scrum heavyweights Mike Cohn. Have chipped in with their opinions with both landing on either side of the argument. What do you guys use? Scrum Retrospective Technique: Mood chart. Book review: Scrum by Dr Jeff Sutherland. Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. Kanban vs Scrum: When is it...
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Team | Scrumming Man
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. What is the best day to start a sprint? June 27, 2014. Like with many answers to questions relating to Scrum the answer is “there is no right answer”. Numerous factors can dictate what is best for a team but this will change from team to team. In my personal experience I’ve found that starting on a Wednesday is best. Why? Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. Estimation: it’s more than just knowing about the size of something. Is the Product ...
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Scrum Retrospectives - Feel all the feelings!
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Plan, Sprint, Show, Repeat. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. June 15, 2015. I was recently asked by another Scrum Master to facilitate a retrospective for his team as he wanted to take part. The team were looking back over their Alpha. Phase of their development which was 10 weeks or so long. Estimation: it’s more than just knowing about the size of something. Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospective – Hot Air Balloon. Retrospectives – feel all the feelings. Is the Product Owner becoming an ...
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