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Introduction: In Agile Scenario, definition of done (DoD) is very popular, but here we will also look at another important definition related to User Stories: definition of Ready (DoR). These two definitions form the basis of Sprint Principle: “Never pull anything into a Sprint that is not Ready. And never let anything out of the…
Sprint Retrospective is a meeting convened by the Scrum Master in which the team talks about the previous sprint and decided on how to make the next sprint productive. This meeting differs from a Sprint Review meeting. In Sprint review meeting the team looks into what the team is currently working on whereas the Retrospective…
Traditional project management specifically emphasizes on conducting a long and detailed upfront planning for all projects irrespective of whether the requirements are known or not. The long upfront planning is emphasised to ensure fixing the variable like time, cost, scope etc. Lot of time is spent on upfront planning these parameters. In today’s fast changing…
We need to answer the following questions to find out if we are prepared for Agile Transition: What extent of agility are you prepared for today? What extent of agility can you increase tomorrow? To what extents can you continuously adapt to your ever-changing business climate? We’re confident that you can boost your current advancement…
One of the most often asked questions in Scrum is “What should be an optimum sprint length?” . If you search on this topic you are more likely to find articles/blogs/posts stating that a sprint can be anywhere between week to a month The inevitable question now that is posed is, how will you decide what…
After a project makes it through feasibility analysis, you select the team that will deliver the project. Ideally, you want to begin with your feasibility team and expand that group as needed. Feasibility team members can share the information from the Feasibility phase with the additional team members; this will kick-start the project team. Assignments…
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” – Leonardo da Vinci, famous artist, sculptor, architect, anatomist and botanist. Principles have…
One very important factor considered while forming Scrum team is physical location of team members– are all of them located at the same place or in geographically dispersed locations. For many of the Scrum practices, high-level, frequent communication between members of the Scrum Team, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters is required and to enable this,…
Scrum has become one of the most popular Agile methodologies used for software and product development. Various factors have contributed to this popularity. The methodology works very well with complex projects where requirements change often and/or the technology is new and not used before. How does Scrum do this? What supports this framework? Scrum is…
It’s a widely accepted fact that Scrum Teams should ideally have six to ten members. This could be the underlying fact that leads to the misconception that the Scrum framework can only be used for small projects. There are a lot of people who say “Scrum can be used to improve the team productivity but…
