Sunday, 23 April 2006
Thursday, 13 April 2006
Consensus decision making
Posted by Simon Baker
A unanimous agreement reached by a team is better than a decision made by any individual team member because it embodies an idea that's shared and supported by each team member and provides a solid impetus for action. Each team member has a veto because each team member needs to agree for unanimity. A team committed to reaching unanimous agreement continue the discussion until they arrive at a solution that takes all the team member's needs into account.
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Wednesday, 5 April 2006
Release Planning
Posted by Simon Baker
Small releases are better. They provide a constant flow of shippable product increments and generate regular feedback from the end-users. If release dates are not being dictated by specific marketing events, then I like to release on a 4-week cycle with each release comprising four 1-week iterations. The logistics and overheads of releasing need to be minimized, but you should be striving for this anyway, regardless of your release frequency.
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Tuesday, 4 April 2006
A wise man once said
Posted by Simon Baker
Ken Schwaber made the following comments on the Scrum development newsgroup:
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