Showing posts with label Agile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agile. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Ruminating on Agile estimates

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Over the past few years, we have been using story points for estimation, rather than using man-hours. For a quick introduction of agile es...
Friday, October 09, 2015

Managing Database Versions in an Agile Project

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Today we have a robust set of tools for code versioning, CI and release management - for e.g. Java, .NET, Ruby web or REST applications. Ex...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Advantage of using Story Points instead of hours

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Using story points for estimating user-stories in helpful because it encourages us to use 'relative sizing' and estimating the ...

Do we need a dedicated Scrum Master?

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The need for a full-time Scrum Master is often a topic of hot debate in many Agile projects. Based on the numerous agile projects that we h...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Ruminating on the timelessness of the Agile Manifesto

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I had signed the Agile Manifesto a decade back ( in 2005 ) and was amazed to realize, how relevant the principle tenets are even today! I...

Applying the Start-Stop-Continue paradigm to Sprint Retrospective

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We all know the importance of Retrospective meetings after a Sprint. This is an excellent time to reflect on what worked, what did not work...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Ruminating on Agile and Fixed Price Contracts

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Fixed Price Contracts have become a necessary evil for all agile practitioners to deal with. Over the last few years, I am seeing more and ...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Agile Survey

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VersionOne has released the results of the survey it conducted on Agile practices in the industry. The report is available at:  http://www....