Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Calling 'Timeout!'
Posted by Simon Baker
Timeout - when play is temporarily suspended at the request of a team to discuss strategy
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Monday, July 24, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Bullpen
Posted by Simon Baker
In a recent post about iteration zero I said that we were waiting for permission to construct a team bullpen. Well, here it is. It's conducive to osmotic communication and pair programming, and it has enough room for team huddles and the daily standup around the planning board.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Counting down to the iteration showcase
Posted by Simon Baker
In a previous iteration we experienced a bit of a crunch leading up to the showcase with our product owner, which resulted in a 1-hour slip to the iteration review. Not catastrophic admittedly, but this broke our rhythm and it's disappointing that we let it happen. How did this happen? On the penultimate day of the iteration we completed the stories that we committed to deliver in the iteration planning game, so we agreed with the product owner to bring forward the next 2 stories, each estimated at 1 ideal pair day. The team was so focused on getting the 2 additional stories done that it basically lost track of time.
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
Chartering
Posted by Simon Baker
As part of a recent iteration zero I facilitated a chartering session.
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Start iterations on Wednesdays
Posted by Simon Baker
A working week runs Monday to Friday, so it feels natural to start an iteration on the Monday and finish it on the Friday.
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Wednesday, July 5, 2006
I'm burning up
Posted by Simon Baker
Some time back I talked about keeping progress visible using burn-down and burn-up charts. At the time I said:
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