You’re Not Agile If Your Team Is Dispersed? Yeah, Right!
October 13, 2007 by Bill Hamilton
Filed under Scrum
One of the principles behind The Agile Manifesto states,”The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” I couldn’t agree more! However, for three years, I ran a dispersed team which could not meet face-to-face. Of nine team members, only two were co-located in the same [...]
Two days does not a ScrumMaster make!
May 12, 2006 by Bill Hamilton
Filed under Scrum
This Certified ScrumMaster is Still a Grasshopper
While I do have experience in what did and did not work for my situation, I was having a difficult time trying to find the right way to employ Scrum. I was looking for the right methodology, the proper technique, the right tools, the best framework; in short, all [...]
Using ScrumWorks
May 11, 2006 by Bill Hamilton
Filed under Scrum
Binary Estimation
Estimating work has always been painful for us. How accurately can you estimate the number of hours you expect something to take before you’ve had an opportunity to fully investigate what’s involved? You don’t; you take a SWAG (simple wild assed guess). I’ve always wondered where the value is in that. Pick a [...]
