Exactly ... sprint 0 has become a phrase misused to describe the planning that
occurs prior to the first sprint ... and since planning creates artifacts that
often change, it should be minimized prior to the first sprint, and then occur
every sprint at the sprint review/sprint planning meeting (just in time
planning),
Ken
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>--- In scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com, "markus_hjort"
><markus.hjort@...> wrote:
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>> --- In scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com, namgyal damdul <damdulin@>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am pretty new to Scrum. Can anyone tell me what is Sprint Zero,
>> when and why was it introduced?
>>
>
>I have a sneaking feeling that someone was pressed about his
>use of Scrum when he did something that had no obvious business
>value at the start, and he invented "Oh, that was Sprint Zero!"
>to get the peasants with the pickaxes away from his doorstep.
>
>... and then others thought that was a great answer and started
>saying it, too. ... and then it became part of the culture.
>
>
Here's a brief overview of our "Iteration Zero" Pre-planning: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/30044 Mark ... when and why was it...
Exactly ... sprint 0 has become a phrase misused to describe the planning that occurs prior to the first sprint ... and since planning creates artifacts that...
Here's a blog I wrote on Sprint Zero last year. Give it a look: http://danube.com/blog/dan_rawsthorne/sprint_zero Dan Rawsthorne, PhD, CST Senior Coach, Danube...
I'm just about to embark on a sprint 0 and reading the scrum breakfast article encompasses a lot of what we are doing. However in my environment I have to...
While pre-planning should always be time boxed, I don't believe the duration must be limited to the traditional sprint length, e.g. 3 weeks. When we kick off a...
... scope. ... introduced? ... Pardon my ignorance, but why use a "sprint zero" at all? Isn't it a sprint with a planning session, a period of development, a...
In Sprint Zero, you're not planning for Sprint 1. That's handled in the Sprint 1 Planning Meeting. No, in the pre-planning phase you're attempting to lay out...
I disagree with this. As is stated below, this is not scrum. In fact, it looks like a waterfall to me, with just a few added agile touches. I think the purpose...
... fact, it ... believe the ... select ... days. For a ... have ... release ... contract ... in its ... sprint 0 ... currently ... collaboration with ... here...
You said: Dan, I read your blog entry on Sprint Zero, and it sounds to me like something you would only rarely institute, i.e., for a team that has never...
I know that the term "Sprint Zero" sounds all agile-ish, and I have used the term myself. However, we should all just admit that what is being done in "Sprint...
Hello, Huet. On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at 5:55:54 AM, you ... Yes, except with completely different outputs ... Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
That's not my definition of Sprint Zero... to me it's doing everything you need to do to be able to develop "real code" the first day of Sprint One. This...
My understanding matches Dan's below I've been trying to reconcile these two difference notions of "sprint 0" and wonder if perhaps Scott Ambler has...
... I have discussed the 'Sprint zero' matter a couple of times. The drawbacks seemed higher than the benefits: - Sprint zero does not produce working code -...
I think getting into a controversy on whether or not we should have Sprint 0 or -1 or whatever (leading to discussion on Sprint -5 :)) is a bit sophistic. ...
Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Nov 25, 2008 12:50 am
... My experience with "Sprint 0" or "Iteration 0" is very similar to Dan's as he described it in his previous post. Some amount of the "pre-planning" that...
The process of pre-planning has been described in numerous books and articles about Scrum and agile. This is similar to the backend stuff we stick in the...
I'm puzzled. I always thought that agileists were quite happy to have an up-front visioning activity, wherein an overall vision of the system is established,...
Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 22, 2008 3:47 pm
I agree. While it may be possible to hit the ground running for some projects, and/or some organizations, there are plenty of scenarios that may require a bit...
To give an ongoing example of "Sprint Zero", I'm involved in a shortish (~3 months) project and yesterday we had our planning day for getting the project...
No, my comment about the waterfall was because of the extent of the stories that had been developed at the beginning. There were more than 2-3 sprints worth of...
As coincidence would have it, I opened Jim Highsmith's book 'Agile Project Management' randomly at page 143 this morning, and there was a discussion about...
Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 23, 2008 2:39 am
You beat me to it, Roy! I was going to post this morning regarding Jim's book, which contains probably the best coverage of pre-planning out there. We...
Hi Mark, Good point made and I completely agree that you should adjust the "sprint 0" length as appropriate. The reason we have gone with 3 weeks is two...
One purpose for an "iteration zero" is to pre-test your process before diving into regular sprints -- Can you go from requirements to release in a single day...
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