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Lean Framework, Agile Principles, and CMMI® Many large software development organizations, which have discovered that they must become more agile to compete, frequently ask Dan Rawsthorne, "What does 'big' scrum look like?" Because no two organizations are alike, this simple question does not have a simple answer. There are, however, some common patterns that emerge in organizations that have implemented "big" scrum. Dan Rawsthorne presents the Product Owner Team pattern that allows the organization to handle agility up and down its hierarchy. Dan discusses cross-cutting teams that handle issues the formal hierarchy can’t properly address-for example, architecture and usability teams. He recommends creating an Integration and Evaluation (I&E) team to provide a natural home for test specialists to perform usability testing, pre-release validation, and performance testing. |
Dustin Potts, Nationwide Insurance
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Seven Things to Do before Starting an Agile Transformation Where does innovation come from, and how do we get there? Building the next great product may require companies to undergo an agile transformation. |
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Why an Agile Project Manager Is Not a ScrumMaster A Scrum Master has only allegiance to the team. A project manager has responsibility to the team and to the organization. That means that the project manager might feel torn when the organization pressures the project manager to do something stupid. |
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The Three Amigos: All for One and One for All Analysts determine what needs to be created. Programmers create it. Testers find the holes in the work of both. That's one way to do it, but all three can collaborate to do these things better, and more easily, too. |
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Edit Those Epics It can be tricky for managers and technical leaders to make the transition to agile. They’re likely accustomed to doing things a particular way. What’s more, they may try to squeeze their old ways into the new, agile approach. Here, Johanna Rothman describes why that isn’t a good idea, especially regarding stories that are too big. |
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A Productivity Comparison of Kanban and Scrum Charles Suscheck compares the levels of productivity of Scrum and Kanban through a hands-on experiment that he and his team personally participated in. Learn the upsides and warnings about each practice to help you decide what might work best for you and your team on your next project. |
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Cautionary Tales from Failed Scrum Adoptions Although Scrum has become an integral software project management tool in many organizations, not all adoptions have gone well-or as well as they could have. By examining the business, technology, and cultural issues that block successful Scrum adoption, Rob Sabourin offers you the knowledge and tools you need to get the most out of your Scrum practices. Explore with Rob the organizational issues that he's encountered-inability to overcome corporate inertia and internal resistance to change-and bring your own experiences to share. In addition to organization issues, some teams fail due to internal issues-the absentee product owner that allows teams to run amok, lack of tester involvement in sprint planning, failing to understand product priorities, and more. Learn how wedging old metrics programs into new Scrum frameworks distorts management's perception of progress and productivity. |
Robert Sabourin, AmiBug.com
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Beyond a Scrum of Scrums: Scaling Up Agile with Kanban Backlogs, story point planning, sprints, and retrospectives-Scrum describes processes that work well at the team level. But more is needed to integrate multiple scrum teams that must work closely together. Although the traditional response is to hold daily Scrum of Scrum meetings, planning and executing multi-team, multi-sprint efforts require more coordination and defined practices than a Scrum of Scrums offers. Gil Irizarry describes how his organization combined the best of Scrum and Kanban to manage large development efforts. They evolved better estimation techniques for the bigger picture and learned why and how to establish different classes of service for projects. Discover where continuous integration and deployments fit into the picture and some of the missteps encountered before employing Scrum and Kanban together. |
Gil Irizarry, Constant Contact Software
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The Secrets of Scrum Success: What the Books Don't Tell You You've heard the hype about Scrum: 300% increases in productivity, huge reductions in defects, happy employees, and delighted customers. You wonder-is this really possible just by holding daily stand-up meetings and having something potentially shippable at the end of each sprint? Mitch Lacey shares the mostly untold secrets that make these kinds of results not only possible but likely. He explains critical Scrum practices-promiscuous pairing, refactoring, continuous integration, and more-and reveals why it's crucial to define what "done" really means for your team and stakeholders. Discover what the books don't tell you but you've begun to suspect: Just following the rules is not enough. If you are doing Scrum already and are struggling to move beyond your initial set of practices, or if you're making some progress and want to accelerate your results, make sure to attend this session. |
Mitch Lacey, Mitch Lacey and Associates, Inc.
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Plight of Product Owners in Medium and Large Organizations What prevents product owners in large organizations from functioning like product owners in startup companies, who quickly release new products in the market with lower budgets? |
Anupam Kundu
August 3, 2011 |
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