Agile Approach to Problems Found While Testing “In Sprint” Stories
This two part blog post over on VersionOne’s Agile Management Blog does a good job describing how to handle issues that are found while testing stories that are being worked on in the current sprint....
View ArticleWho Decides What Done Means for a Program?
Good post from Johanna on the AYE Conference site. But what happens when you have more than one team? The problem is that all the teams need complementary definitions of done. If your team is waiting...
View ArticleDeadlines Kill
Good post from Tobias. He takes a look at an article by Tom DeMarco, and specifically this one paragraph. So, how do you manage a project without controlling it? Well, you manage the people and...
View ArticleGood and Bad Technical Debt
Henrik Kniberg had a good post about a month ago about technical debt and the difference between good and bad technical debt. He compared it to meal preparation in the kitchen which I think was a good...
View ArticleOnly Show Finished Work During a Sprint Review – Maybe
Can we show stories in the demo that aren’t completely done? This is always a touchy subject with teams. Often they have worked hard on a story and maybe got surprised along the way, it turned out to...
View ArticleRefactoring Stories – Should They Exist?
Awhile back I read an article that was all about justifying separate refactoring stories on the product backlog. The author was suggesting that having separate stories for refactoring was a good idea...
View ArticleAcceptance Criteria – LeadingAgile
A good explanation of Acceptance Criteria from the Leading Agile blog. Acceptance Criteria should be expressed clearly, in simple language the customer would use, without ambiguity regarding the...
View ArticleWhy Going from a Shorter Sprint Length to a Longer Sprint Length is Rarely a...
If we unpack the reasoning behind why teams might wish to make sprints longer, certain anti-patterns tend to emerge. Anti-pattern 1: Teams are spending too much time preparing for sprint reviews/demos....
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