Hi All, Can you please tell me what is the difference and similarities between Scrum and Prince2. Is is possible to use Scrum in prince2 project. Thanks, p ...
Does is make sense to divide the backlog? If the backlog represents a single coherent stream of work, dividing it might create more problems than it solves....
Why is implementing 1 component at a time a bad thing? Usually in Scrum you want to work on a vertical slice of the application, because you want to...
On a team unable or unwilling to use Scrum ... then I'm not a Scrummaster, not for that team. Why are you implementing Scrum for a team that's unwilling or...
We have used paper prototypes with some success. It was initiated by the development team as part of doing a story. In our case, we have a local partner with...
Yes, in that case you have a bigger problem, but it's a common situation. So, I understand your answer to be as follows: If you were assigned to be a...
I guess the reason I ask the question is I'm trying to understand if the team is unwilling and unable because what they do right now is working. In other...
... That makes a lot of sense to me. There's always the question of what they mean by "working." There's always room for improvement. ... True. Some people are...
So... I could see if this actually *adds value* from the customer perspective; however, when (and it will I think) it becomes, "Well we NEED to do a paper...
I'm struggling a bit with a team that has come to me with a set of what they belive are user stories for their project. Here's a sampling: "As an administrator...
What's the goal or the desired result of these data manipulations? And have you used the template: As a <type of user> I want to <accomplish goal>? IMO...
Hi Michael; I definitely agree it would warrant a team discussion if it drifted into dogma, and fortunately that has not been our experience. The decision to ...
These look like stories written by developers, not by users. They've been reverse engineered from the development tasks, and had the 'value' statement grafted...
I am a new bee to SCRUM. I am helping as a business analyst for a team developing a large system using Scrum. Almost requirements are received from Business...
Please join the Bay Area Agile Project Leadership Network for a provocative evening with David Schmaltz and Amy Schwab The Secret of Initiative: Working the...
Hi Ravi, Its really good question with respect to SCRUM. Currently we are using very simple process to document the requirements, not spending to much time in ...
To me that chart shows a potential growth plan for someone who is a project manager and is transitioning into the scurmmaster role - as the team itself is...
The purpose of the scrumdevelopment group is to discuss how to use Scrum, not to run advertisements, Ken Schwaber _____ From: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com ...
As I understand Prince2, it is the European flavor of the Project Management Institute. If this is true, there will be a conflict between Prince2, which will...
Julian Harris's (great) blog has a very useful mapping between Scrum and Prince2. See: http://www.julianonsoftware.com/?cat=124 Regards, Mike Cohn Author: ...
Actually, I think you are missing me. I do appreciate the comment and believe you should never implement 1 component at a time... I have ~20 teams of software...
We have decided to run as 1 team - group decision. As the last post mentioned, it was effectively a decision as to if we could split the backlog meanginfully...
Is it just me - or does anyone else have a problem with this statement: "I find it particularly useful as Scrum is, at best, a skeleton that needs a lot of...
(responding to Bill) ... I agree with Keith, what you have seems more like a solution than a goal. In general, if you want to get more abstract, to uncover the...
... organization? ... This question is troubling me too. We have been using Scrum for a few months now and senior management continues not to trust teams to...
Scrummers, I am looking for a critique and some ideas regarding the sprint review and planning process. Background: The development group I am in has been...
Peter, 1: Yes with caveats. 2: Suffering in this regard is ubiquitous, but examine why do scrum? 1: Caveats: You need to understand what sort of influence and...
Eeeek... Lots of red flags going off on this for me right now. First question: How long are your Sprints or Iterations? - mike www.michaelvizdos.com ...