A burn up chart tracks progress towards a projects completion. In the simplest form of burn up chart there are two lines on the chart: · A total work line (the project scope line) · A work completed line A burnup chart clearly shows both completed work and project scope. The project will be completed when the […]
Read MoreThe process of splitting up development work, usually into distinct phases is known as a software development methodology. Throughout the history of software development, a number of methodologies have been described to improve and ease the process of software development and operations. Each methodology splits the work into phases, each with a distinct set of […]
Read MoreAn Sprint Cancellation is essentially a drastic event where it ends up blowing up the sprint and starting a new sprint instead. An sprint cancellation is most often the result of a drastic change in business plans. Something so traumatic that continuing the sprint does not make any sense. But an abnormal termination can often […]
Read MoreThe Primary Team roles in scrum are named as • Product Owner • Scrum Master • Development Team Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Team are considered as people who are committed to the project while customers and executive management are considered as involved but not committed to the project. Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. […]
Read MoreStory Point Estimation is a “Relative Estimation Technique”. This is one of the popular estimation technique used in Scrum implementations. The meaning of Relative is that we assign a point value to each item. The raw values we assign are unimportant. What matters are the relative values. A story that is assigned a 2 should be […]
Read MoreVelocity is a measure of the amount of work a Team can tackle during a single Sprint and is the key metric in Scrum. Velocity is calculated at the end of the Sprint by totaling the Points for all fully completed User Stories. The Scrum Guide does not mention velocity but we know it plays an important role in helping most Scrum Teams to keep […]
Read MoreWhat is PRINCE2®? PRINCE2® is a globally recognized Project Management method developed by the Cabinet Office UK.PRINCE2®’s stands for Projects in Controlled Environment.PRINCE2® is a flexible Project management method that guides you through the essentials for managing successful projects, regardless of it’s scale & type.It is built upon seven principles, themes and processes. PRINCE2® can […]
Read MoreThe Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The Sprint Goal gives the Development Team some flexibility regarding the functionality implemented […]
Read MoreThe 3-Question format is the most popular format for Daily Scrum. The 3 questions focus on 3 things What did I do yesterday which helped the team get closer to the sprint goal? What will I do today which will help the team get closer to the Sprint Goal? Are there any impediments which will […]
Read MoreAmazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. As written in the EC2 post, the instance stores are temporary storage. The Instance stores may get deleted if the instance terminates or of there is a disk failure. Each EBS volume is automatically replicated within its availability zone […]
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