Burndown charts and Scrum – Some issues and problems that people encounter
Filed Under Agile, Problems, Product Backlog, Scrum | Posted on March 15, 2010
Burndown charts are a key part of Srum; after all, what could be better than a chart that shows a well defined path to reaching the end of the Sprint with all the tasks done in the allotted time. The Burndown chart at any point in the Sprint shows a status of where the team [...]
Burn Down chart and a change in scope that impacts the burn down chart
Filed Under Agile, Change, Features, Scope, Scrum | Posted on March 11, 2010
In the previous post (Burn Down Chart), we talked about what a Burn Down Chart is, and how you can use it to get the current status of the project, while not using it as a way of judging the performance of the team. This is because there are many variable that can impact the [...]
Burndown charts – a easy and powerful way to depict progress in the Scrum environment
Filed Under Agile, Scrum, Status | Posted on March 10, 2010
So what is a Burndown chart ? Seems a slightly weird name as compared to other documents whose names are more descriptive. Well, you will find that this name is also fairly descriptive. The burndown chart is a way to show the progress in a Sprint cycle, and differs radically from the milestone based progress [...]
A summarized checklist for use by a ScrumMaster running Scrum – how to be good at this role
Filed Under Agile, Scrum, ScrumMaster | Posted on March 9, 2010
Running a Scrum team is not very difficult, and a ScrumMaster can handle multiple Scrums (I have seen ScrumMasters handling multiple Scrum teams) as long as the timing of the daily Scrum meeting is modified. After all, you need to make sure that the team is there on time, are being brief and to the [...]
