AGILE IN ACTION

Monday, 29 May 2006

Team norms

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: norms, team
Try creating agreeing on team norms. For example:
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Sunday, 28 May 2006

Get comfy with emergence

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: planning
When employing agile software development it's vital that everyone is comfortable with the reality that, over time, the requirements, the system and the team order will all emerge. Understandably, this makes a lot of people uncomfortable because they're trained to believe that the essence of a project is structured and largely predictable. They want to control the project using a plan that attempts to predict future events based on assumptions made up-front about the stability of the requirements, business landscape, team and estimates, and the accuracy of the information available.
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Sunday, 7 May 2006

Daily Stand-up / Scrum meeting

Posted by Simon Baker
The daily standup meeting or scrum meeting presents the team with a regular opportunity to synchronize development activities with the iteration plan and to check and reflect on the progress of the team's commitments towards the iteration goal.
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Wednesday, 3 May 2006

Scrum Video

Posted by Simon Baker
Tags: scrum
Take a look at this short video about Scrum from High Moon Studios.
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