The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted. Scrum Masters do this by ensuring that the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are […]
Read MoreLet us understand the essence and Intent behind the definition of the Chicken and Pig roles which is used by many in context of the Scrum Roles. Let us consider the following fable while defining the 2 roles – The Pig and the Chicken : The fable was referenced to define two types of project […]
Read MoreCumulative Flow Diagrams are a wonderful tool to see trends and find bottlenecks in your delivery process. They are often used in Agile environments. Consider the example of a Website Development Project below. You will see a graph below. It shows the number of user stories in each of you status categories, for the time period […]
Read MoreBurn Down Chart Burn down chart is a good information Radiator which represents data quickly in a chart format. A sample burn down chart for a completed sprint, showing remaining effort and tasks for each of the sprint is shown below. The sprint burn down chart is a publicly displayed chart showing remaining work in […]
Read MoreAgile is a philosophy and a mindset. Agile is not a methodology. Agile consists of a set of methodologies and frameworks which fulfill certain aspects of the Agile Manifesto described earlier. I look at Agile as a umbrella with various agile methodology and frameworks under the umbrella Following are some of the popular Agile Methodology […]
Read MoreScrum Alliance Coaching Retreat Goa – Feb 2016 I recently attended the Scrum Alliance Coaching Retreat (SCR) at Goa, India from 31st Jan thru Feb 2nd. It was a very good event to network and learn. Here are some details of the event The Objective and the group The objective was to get together as […]
Read MoreInformation radiators are meant to display information at a public place so that the information can be noticed by as many people as possible without making a conscious effort to do so. The idea of information radiator was invented by Alister Cockburn, who was a big believer in effective and timely communication. Information Radiators should […]
Read MoreToyota developed the Toyota production system (TPS). TPS borrowed ideas from ford but developed the just in time philosophy (JIT) pull concept to address the issues or high cost associated with fords large inventories. The Toyota production system in an integrated system, that comprises of its management philosophy and practices. Philosophy Base your management decisions […]
Read MoreDefined vs Empirical Defined Processes Every piece of work is completely understood Defined process can be started and allowed to run with same results every time They provide repeatability and predictability Empirical Processes Expects the unexpected Because the processes are imperfectly defined, generate unpredictable and unrepeatable output Control is exercised thru inspection and adaptation Scrum […]
Read MoreScrum is an iterative and incremental Agile software development framework for managing software projects and product or application development. Its focus is on “a flexible, holistic product development strategy where a development team works as a unit to reach a common goal” as opposed to a “traditional, sequential approach”. Scrum enables the creation of self-organizing teams […]
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