Agile

In the previous article, we discuss the Sprint and how to perform it on a day to day basis.

This this article, we’ll talk about Sprint length. Should it be one week or two weeks?

With short sprints, 1 or 2 weeks, teams are able to adapt to change easily, in the transitions between sprints. We keep the sprint sacred; we’re inflexible during Sprint time, and then very flexible in each transition. The shorter the Sprint, the more adaptable to change. Longer sprints means less time doing ceremonies, so theoretically can get more work done, but then less adaptable to change.

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 6, Sprint Length

In the previous article, you’ll find a tactic for relative storing sizing.

Grooming and planning are done and now it’s time to Sprint. How do we keep everyone working towards the goal and not stepping on each other’s toes? This article focuses on the Sprint.

• Setup the Sprint board
• Daily Standups
• Definition of Done

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 5, Sprint

In the previous article, you’ll find a definition of the Epics, Stories and Tasks, plus how the fit into the Backlog and Sprints.

This article will focus on story sizing. The main points are:

• Use the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21
• SM and Contributors vote to quickly size stories
• Relative sizing in a fun social game is as effective as in depth analysis, in a fraction of the time.

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 4, Story Sizing

In the previous article, you’ll find a definition of the roles in this Scrum implementation.

This article discusses:

• Epics
• Stories
• Tasks

… and how they form the Backlog and get assigned to Sprints.

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 3, Epics-Stories-Tasks

In the previous article, you’ll find this Scrum implementation in a nutshell.

This article will dives into the 3 roles in Scrum.

• Product Owner (PO)
• Scrum Master (SM)
• Contributor (CB)

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 2, Roles

So, you want to reap the benefits of Agile for rapid development? You’ve come to the right place. I’m going to describe a lightweight approach using Scrum that works super well. This article is the nutshell outline. Following articles will go deeper into this Scrum implementation.

Read moreAgile Scrum, Part 1, Nutshell