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Ilja Preuß replied to Dominic Hurst's discussion 'Velocity Points'
I've heard of people doing that on the release burn down when new work gets added by the PO. Not convinced that it's such a great idea for a sprint burn chart. But then, I'm not a big fan of sprint burn charts or tracking stories,…
Ilja Preuß replied to Elizabeth Stanley-Middleton's discussion 'When the Product Owner is from the Client Team....'
What potential issues do you see with the PO attending the daily Scrums?
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'How to deal with incorrect estimates during a sprint?'
No, sorry for not being more clear.
The most common estimation practice I'm aware of is to use some kind of abstract points instead of units of time. Estimate Tasks in points relative to each other (and relative to tasks from earlier sprints).…
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'How to deal with incorrect estimates during a sprint?'
I would actually advice against estimating in hours.
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'How to deal with incorrect estimates during a sprint?'
As far as I can tell, reestimating tasks during a sprint doesn't impact how many features we will finish, does it?
So, how does reestimating tasks prevent you "looking silly"? And would it be possible to not "look silly" at…
Ilja Preuß replied to Dominic Hurst's discussion 'Velocity Points'
First and foremost, if you don't know the answer, be a rolemodel and admit it. Being able to admit when you don't know something is a strength and necessary behavior for a team, that as a leader you probably want to model for…
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'How to deal with incorrect estimates during a sprint?'
What would happen if you just left the estimate as is?
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'Recommended Agile Project Planning Software?'
What is keeping you from using a task board with index cards, and a flipchart?
Ilja Preuß replied to Manish Manekar's discussion 'Trust, Commitment and Accountability'
How detailed is the definition of the "set of features" at the beginning of the project?
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'Recommended Agile Project Planning Software?'
What are your requirements for the software? Who is going to use it, and for what? Are you colocated or distributed?
Ilja Preuß replied to Tariq Ahmed's discussion 'How to deal with incorrect estimates during a sprint?'
First and foremost, estimates are *always* incorrect - that's why they are *estimates*.
What exactly do you track on the burn down? Task hours? Story points? Something else?
Ilja Preuß replied to Manish Manekar's discussion 'Trust, Commitment and Accountability'
Where do those expectations come from? Did those old tactics ever work?
Ilja Preuß replied to Manish Manekar's discussion 'Trust, Commitment and Accountability'
What are the "business expectations" that you see in conflict with Agile values?
Ilja Preuß replied to Manish Manekar's discussion 'Trust, Commitment and Accountability'
Motivation is much less a function of an individual, than of the system they are part of. Letting an employee find a different place that better motivates him might be much more costly than changing his current environment so that it is motivating…
Ilja Preuß replied to Manish Manekar's discussion 'Trust, Commitment and Accountability'
"It's not easy for every sprint to have a unifying theme."
Who did say software development was easy?
"The point of the team making the commitment is that they are more motivated to satisfy the commitment - they have a stake,…
Ilja Preuß replied to Raj Sanghu's discussion 'Handling Architecture related work in SCRUM projects'
Thanks for asking.
I'm working as a senior developer on a team of four developers. We are responsible for the fundamental architecture of our product platform, that has to support both a standalone rich client, a client-server mode, use of the…
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- At 7:24pm on December 30, 2009,
Kelly Waters said… - Hi Ilja. Many thanks for joining this community. I haven't yet sent out any block invites - in the meantime please feel free to invite any of your contacts that might be interested.
Kind regards
Kelly.
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