Posts Tagged: sprint
How to prepare for a daily standup
The daily standup has become a routine in the lives of many people in software development. 78% of all agile teams hold daily standups, according to the 2011 State of Agile Development Survey from VersionOne. Each day, at a specific time, teams gather
How to prepare for a daily standup
The daily standup has become a routine in the lives of many people in software development. 78% of all agile teams hold daily standups, according to the 2011 State of Agile Development Survey from VersionOne. Each day, at a specific time, teams gather
Does the sprint velocity only includes finished user stories?
When evaluating a sprint, the sum of all user stories that are DONE, give us our sprint velocity. Now, what if one user story didn’t make it to done, but is finished for 90%? Do we add 90% of the
Does the sprint velocity only includes finished user stories?
When evaluating a sprint, the sum of all user stories that are DONE, give us our sprint velocity. Now, what if one user story didn’t make it to done, but is finished for 90%? Do we add 90% of the
Boring retrospectives – part 2
When your team is operating in short iterations, retrospectives tend to get boring after a while. If you’re working in an agile organization, most suggestions for improvement have been executed and evaluated. The obvious improvement actions have already been identified.
Boring retrospectives – part 2
When your team is operating in short iterations, retrospectives tend to get boring after a while. If you’re working in an agile organization, most suggestions for improvement have been executed and evaluated. The obvious improvement actions have already been identified.
Boring retrospectives
When you’re working with a team for a long time, it is important to keep retrospectives sharp. They are just too valuable to let them change into a drag. The team should feel energized to start a retrospective, as it
Boring retrospectives
When you’re working with a team for a long time, it is important to keep retrospectives sharp. They are just too valuable to let them change into a drag. The team should feel energized to start a retrospective, as it
Short iterations
When starting a project, one of the choices that have to be made is the iteration length. While a 4-week iteration feels very short, once in the rhythm, it is quite long. In a lot of cases, you wish to
Short iterations
When starting a project, one of the choices that have to be made is the iteration length. While a 4-week iteration feels very short, once in the rhythm, it is quite long. In a lot of cases, you wish to
Estimating a city trip
Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,
Estimating a city trip
Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,
