Archive for the “Scrum” category
Quick user stories and HTML5 storage
by Andrew on May 4, 2011
After reading Mike Cohn’s post “Advantages of the ‘as a’, ‘I want’ user story template” I started thinking about the simplest and quickest way to create and capture stories. I’ve been using Evernote a lot recently and it’s a good (…)
Little’s Law
by Andrew on September 17, 2010
Through anecdotes and observation I know that limiting Work in Progress (WIP) is a good way for teams to focus on delivering stories and ensure that bottlenecks don’t occur. However, until recently I clearly explain why until I came across (…)
BSUG Poster
by Andrew on March 17, 2010
Done is really done
by Andrew on February 14, 2010
It’s so reassuring to be able to experience the benefits of practices that you read about. On our last sprint we deployed our completed stories into the live application as they were completed meaning done is really done. Pushing work (…)
Bath User Group kick-off meeting
by Andrew on January 14, 2010
This post is long over due but hopefully it will be the impetus for organising regular meetings of the group in 2010. 6 Weeks after I first suggested the idea of creating a local Scrum user group we held first (…)
Bath Scrum User Group
by Andrew on October 29, 2009
I want to organise a local Scrum User Group that meets regularly to discuss Scrum and share experiences. This week I attended the Wessex Scrum User Group near Southampton to get an idea of what might be involved. Since training (…)
Scrum.org
by Andrew on October 8, 2009
Yesterday I took the multiple choice test that is available on scrum.org. I signed up as soon as I discovered that Ken Schwaber was developing this site after leaving the Scrum Alliance. OK, first things first. I scored 70%. Not (…)
Using Scrum: Sprints not Marathons
by Andrew on July 26, 2009
Since my post outlining my plans for IWMW 2009 I have taken quite a different direction. My plans to run a 15 minute Lego exercise have grown so that now we will have 4 teams using Scrum to build a (…)
Managing an open sprint backlog
by Andrew on June 17, 2009
I am using an open backlog on a 3 week sprint. Today I realised that there is a stage in the sprint when it’s necessary to close the backlog and complete what’s there. With 6 days of the sprint left (…)
IWMW 2009 – Scrum
by Andrew on May 19, 2009
I’m running a session at this year’s Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW). I have an outline of what Scrum: Sprints not Marathons might cover, but I am open to suggestions to make sure everyone can get as much out of (…)
