Task Board Example
Just wanted to post some pictures (sorry, they didn’t make the move – 01/31/2009 CEN) of the Team’s task board as yet another example for people who are curious about how this looks and feels. It is a...
View ArticleUsing a Sprint Burndown Chart
A Sprint Burndown chart is a simple tool used by the Team to provide a measurement on how close they are to meeting the Sprint Goal by the end of the Sprint. Burndown charts are common in Scrum and...
View ArticleReading a Release Burndown Chart
In Scrum, we use a lot of easy-to-understand tools to communicate status. A very common tool is a burndown chart. In this diagram, I am showing a sample Release Burndown chart for a Team with eight...
View ArticleCombining Scrum Roles
This question started an interesting exchange on the Scrum Development list at yahoo! The Scrum Guide states that a person can be “Team Member” and “Scrum Master”, a “Team Member” and “Product Owner”...
View ArticleWhat is the Purpose of a Sprint Backlog?
I came across this question\comment on the LinkedIn ScrumMasters group the other day asking about Burndown Charts and management analysis. “I send out Burndown Charts daily and have been questioned by...
View Article¿Cuál es el propósito de una Sprint Backlog?
El otro día me encontré con esta pregunta/comentario en el Grupo de ScrumMaster de Linkedin dónde se preguntaba sobre el análisis de gestión y de gráficos de Burndown. “Envío a diario Gráficos de...
View ArticleTop 10 Blog Posts for 2014
Happy New Year! Last week, I reviewed the web traffic to get some insight on what visitors were searching for at Look Forward Consulting and I produced this top ten blog posts for 2014. Enjoy! 14...
View ArticleThe Much Maligned, but Every Useful Burndown Chart
In Scrum, the best way to show progress is through working software. If you do not produce software at the end of each Sprint, you are doing it wrong. Progress is not shown through reports,...
View ArticleBurndown Charts Got You Down? Meet Your Helpful Alternative – Burnup Chart
Burndown charts are bad! Burndown charts are abused by mangers! We hate Burndown charts (and estimates!!), so let’s get rid of them all! If you are hearing those words, or something similar, from...
View ArticleWhen Will You Be Done? The Release Burndown Chart
The work will get done when it gets done. Demanding that a new product, service or upgrade be completed by January 23, 2016 is just not helpful. Arbitrary deadlines simply cause too much stress and...
View ArticleScheer’s Law – An Observation Regarding Metrics
When I worked as an internal Scrum consultant for a San Diego biotech, I had the pleasure of working with one of the most talented and creative programmers I have ever met – Tim Scheer. Tim was part...
View ArticleA Visual Control for the Masses – A Task Board
One of the greatest challenges to trust, collaboration and self-organization in the workplace is visibility. This is because most of software development is intellectual work without physical...
View ArticleEstimating the Size of Scrum User Stories
In Scrum, the owner of the estimates is very clear. Only the people who do the work, i.e., the Team, have the right to offer estimates for the Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog items. However, like...
View ArticleYesterday’s Weather: An Extreme Programming Planning Technique Using Story...
Yesterday’s Weather is an Extreme Programming planning technique used to estimate the capacity of a Team based on their past performance. Yesterday’s Weather is a guide to help Teams neither under...
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