Comments for Agile Advice - Working With Agile Methods (Scrum, OpenAgile, Lean) http://www.agileadvice.com All Things Agile: Scrum, OpenAgile, XP & Lean Fri, 24 May 2013 05:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on The Rules of Scrum: There are no Breaks Between Sprints by Mishkin Berteig http://www.agileadvice.com/2013/05/17/referenceinformation/the-rules-of-scrum-there-are-no-breaks-between-sprints/comment-page-1/#comment-12763 Mishkin Berteig Fri, 24 May 2013 05:42:22 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=2219#comment-12763 If your solution works for you then great! It’s always good to hear about alternatives. That said, I wonder why you wouldn’t try leaving the slack inside the Sprint itself?

]]> Comment on The Rules of Scrum: There are no Breaks Between Sprints by Werner http://www.agileadvice.com/2013/05/17/referenceinformation/the-rules-of-scrum-there-are-no-breaks-between-sprints/comment-page-1/#comment-12760 Werner Fri, 24 May 2013 04:38:39 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=2219#comment-12760 I have it disagree on this one! After doing scrum for a couple of years, we found that the teams are getting more and more effective, everybody gets better, more involved, more passionate. What happened is that people started to feel tired and burn after sprint end, always delivering wht they had signed up to in good quality. To give the “sprinters that have just crossed the finish line” some time to catch their breath, we formalized 2 days of “slack time” after each sprint where everybody can work on anything and refuel the batteries. There is a minimal 30 minute rough planning for the slack time and results/effort is accounted for on the wiki.

]]> Comment on Five Tips for Distributed Agile Teams by Work Anywhere, Anytime: The Truth About The Future of Work http://www.agileadvice.com/2011/04/14/agilemanagement/five-tips-for-distributed-agile-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-12459 Work Anywhere, Anytime: The Truth About The Future of Work Thu, 09 May 2013 10:01:13 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=952#comment-12459 [...] Berteig of Agile Advice makes the point that distributed teams work if “there is a compelling strategic reason that [...]

]]> Comment on A great example of agile style teamwork in a non-software environment by Ben http://www.agileadvice.com/2011/05/22/agileengineering/a-great-example-of-agile-style-teamwork-in-a-non-software-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-12092 Ben Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:17:33 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=1097#comment-12092 Pretty interesting – and old! – video. Thanks for posting that. I’ve been looking to see how far off my current “agile environment” is at work when compared with other companies.

]]> Comment on Lateral Violence and Workplace Safety – Awareness for Agile Teams and Coaches by mildred http://www.agileadvice.com/2009/01/26/referenceinformation/lateral-violence-and-workplace-safety-awareness-for-agile-teams-and-coaches/comment-page-1/#comment-11670 mildred Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=609#comment-11670 I read Rod Jefferies name on your webpage, does he work with company? I am trying to contact him,

]]> Comment on Calculating a Budget for an Agile Project in Six Easy Steps by Mishkin Berteig http://www.agileadvice.com/2011/02/04/agilemanagement/calculating-a-budget-for-an-agile-project-in-six-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-11483 Mishkin Berteig Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:12:28 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=932#comment-11483 It is true that in many cases you don’t have a velocity… because you don’t have a team in place yet. So that’s why when you use Scrum, you are welcome to do feasibility-level estimation prior to having the Scrum team involved, but for any better estimation/budgeting, you really need the team involved. Put it another way: the people doing the work are going to give you the best estimates… and even they won’t get it right. Check out this former article I wrote about estimation: http://www.agileadvice.com/2006/06/13/agilemanagement/fantasy-estimation/

]]> Comment on What is Scrum good for? by Thuy Dao http://www.agileadvice.com/2011/10/25/scrumxplean/what-is-scrum-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-11442 Thuy Dao Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:00:23 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=1336#comment-11442 Very nice article!
I’m also looking into the using Scrum in general project management. I was in a project in IT and they tried Scrum but it didn’t really fit. It was partly because of the people factors, but I also believe Scrum doesn’t really fit for everything.

I’m writing my thesis about Scrum. If you are interested in having more discussion, please leave me a message. luciadao91@gmail.com

]]> Comment on Calculating a Budget for an Agile Project in Six Easy Steps by Annonymous http://www.agileadvice.com/2011/02/04/agilemanagement/calculating-a-budget-for-an-agile-project-in-six-easy-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-11045 Annonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:32:12 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=932#comment-11045 Well am afraid if this is the way one would arrive @ budget.When you do the project budget , you dont have a clue about the velocity n neither have a burn down or burn up.

]]> Comment on Mentoring, Coaching and Training – What is the Difference? by Quick definitions: Coaching, Mentoring, Training | Dressage Snob Blog http://www.agileadvice.com/2009/06/24/miscellaneous/mentoring-coaching-and-training-what-is-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-11004 Quick definitions: Coaching, Mentoring, Training | Dressage Snob Blog Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:03:14 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=744#comment-11004 [...] http://www.agileadvice.com/2009/06/24/miscellaneous/mentoring-coaching-and-training-what-is-the-diff… [...]

]]> Comment on A story about Acceptance Criteria and a medical procedure to help your Agile team by Mike Caspar http://www.agileadvice.com/2012/07/14/scrumxplean/a-story-about-acceptance-criteria-and-a-medical-procedure-to-help-your-agile-team/comment-page-1/#comment-10436 Mike Caspar Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:26:48 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=1991#comment-10436 Hi Chris,
Thanks for the feedback… Always appreciated.
If you feel up to it, I’d be curious as to which parts of the story stood out for you to improve your understanding?
It might help others out.
Mike

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