One lazy sunday afternoon, I created this scrum collage as my desktop image
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Coin toss exercise
This is a variation of "Value Flow" exercise that Sanjeev Augustine did at Scrumgathering 2009 in Orlando. I found this exercise very useful to demonstrate the benefits of prioritization and lower batch sizes. I have facilitated a variation on this exercise with...
Product Owner Role — What Happens When They’re Absent
The Product Owner with in Scrum teams or a Customer in XP teams is critical to the success of the product. What can you do, when they take a vacation? What are your options? Say your product owner is going on a planned vacation for a couple of weeks, effectively...
Coaching Experience — What Teams Do When You Step Away
In the late 2000's, my good friend Subhayu was visiting me in Seattle. In India we would often hike together through remote hills in Western Ghats. So it seemed appropriate that I sign up myself, Subhayu and another friend, Ben, for a day of adventure. Whitewater...
Recognizing Bottleneck’s
The term "bottleneck" refers to a point whereafter the flow or velocity perceptively reduces. It is metaphorically derived from flow of water through a narrow mouthed bottle where the flow of water is constrained by its neck. For drinking purposes it is a good thing...
Betsy the cow
As an Agile coach I enjoy the opportunity to learn from people implementing scrum framework and incorporating Agile values and principles. In this process I come across interesting stories and metaphors. After an introductory training session with one team and some...
Making sense of Best Practices
A Best Practice is a collection of tools/techniques/approaches/methods that deliver desired results effectively and efficiently when applied in a prescribed order. "Best" in the term "Best Practice" implies that there is no further room for improvement, ever!...
Velocity
Def: Velocity is the amount of estimated product backlog that a team can fully implement to meet the team Definition of Done within a given sprint [time-box]. The amount of product backlog in the definition above is often expressed in terms of "story points" or "ideal...
Barber Shop – Product Backlog grooming
Most of us have to pay a visit to the scissor man/lady every couple of months. Others who don't have to or choose not to, I envy you. As a kid, my visits to the barber shop were scary ritual. The thought of someone using scissors, clippers and other sharp pointed...
My excuse
My wife and I are blessed with a beautiful baby girl. She came to our world in the month of August. Since then blogging has taken a back seat. Over this period I have felt stretched on time to do some meaningful writing. It was my assumption that blogging would be...