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Sprint Backlog Template with Objective-Level Burndowns
A Sprint Backlog Template is used to track progress against Sprint Commitments.
This Sprint Backlog template is slightly more complex than your bog-standard template as it also allows you to track Stretch Tasks and Sprint Progress at a Category/Objective-Level.
19Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 4 comments | Continued
Agile Project Management is Like Teenage Sex
I just stumbled upon a really funny, tongue-in-cheek comparison between Agile Adoption and Teenage Sex of all things. It made me laugh so I thought I’d share it!
19Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 2 comments | Continued
Doing Agile is a Sign of Incompetence
There seems to be a lot of hype around about the difference between ‘Doing Agile’ and ‘Being Agile’ – the conversation seems to be getting rather heated to say the least!…
18Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 9 comments | Continued
Agile Estimation and the Cone of Uncertainty
The Cone of Uncertainty is a Project Management term used to describe the level of uncertainty existing at different stages of a project.
In short, we become more certain of our estimates as we learn more about what we’re estimating.
18Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 5 comments | Continued
Contribute to Agile101! Post an article, submit a review, share a template!
Announcement: Agile101.net is now 1 month old – and what a month it has been! I’m going to keep writing articles, sharing templates and posting videos but would like to take the opportunity to invite you all to become part of the growing Agile101 community.
17Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
Agile Retrospectives – Making Good Teams Great
A really informative Google Tech Talk by Diana Larsen and Esther Derby, authors of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great.
15Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 1 comment | Continued
An Introduction to Lean for Agile Managers
Diana Larsen, chair of the Agile Alliance, delivers a really informative, and easy-to-follow seminar on the subject of Lean for Agile Managers. In this seminar, Diana explains the origins of Lean, elaborates upon the seven core Principles of Lean and offers insight into ways to maximise value and reduce waste.
14Aug2009 | taraleewhitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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Agile Scrum Team – Roles & Responsibilities
The Scrum Team is responsible for the high-quality and timely delivery of sprint commitments in line with the expectations of the Product Manager.
The Scrum Team is cross-functional and multi-skilled- they know their strengths and work together to support eachother through challenging times.
Nice illustration! A minor nuisance is that you seem to confuse iterative development with incremental development. In your picture "iterative ...
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Very nice and good posting - easy to understand.....
Good ideas, thanks. That was one thing I worried about doing wrong. Being too aggressive or passive. I'll use the ...
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