How to optimize Planning Poker as a part of Scrum and some benefits of the Planning Poker process – Part 1
Filed Under Estimation, Features, Scrum, Sprint Backlog | Posted on February 28, 2010
In previous posts (Details about Planning Poker process), I have explained the process of Planning Poker as a part of how to do estimation of tasks during the Sprint Planning process. In this post, I will go further and post some points about how to optimize the Planning Poker process / make it a success, [...]
Planning Poker and Scrum – a brief introduction
Filed Under Estimation, Features, Scrum | Posted on February 4, 2010
First a question. How many of you have heard of something called Planning Poker ? Not too many of you ? Well, that’s okay; in this and the next couple of posts, you will learn a lot more about what Planning Poker is, what it is used for, and so on.
One of the most difficult [...]
Some tweaks in the Scrum process so as to generate an overall schedule
Filed Under Estimation, Features, Product Backlog, Product Management, Product Owner, Scrum | Posted on January 20, 2010
The Scrum process can seem pretty radical for somebody who has not done this before. If you consider my case, I was used to normal waterfall or modified waterfall, where we would start work on a set of features, move onto more features as succeeding features got done, and so on. However, this resulted in [...]
Converting items from a Product Backlog to a Sprint Backlog
Filed Under Agile, Features, Product, Product Backlog, Product Owner, Scrum, Sprint Backlog | Posted on January 5, 2010
A product backlog is the overall set of features that have been listed out for the entire scrum cycle, with the Product Owner prioritizing the list of features that they want done in the forthcoming Sprint cycles as part of the product backlog. However, the actual implementation of features happens off the Sprint / Scrum [...]
