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,