April 2011
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Test Driven Development - A fundamental coding...
I have been programming since the time I was 12. I started writing code to play a text based role playing game called MajorMud. The Mud community called it ‘scripting’ and boy was it controversial, not to mention, a character being played by a script made a very easy target if you were into PVP. While I spent countless hours making my script smart enough to survive jealous...
Apr 10th
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July 2010
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Sprint Reviews in the Agile SCRUM World
At this point we have seen how to: Estimate the Product Backlog Plan a Sprint Monitor a Sprint Have a Sprint Retrospective The sprint is now over, the team has finished it’s tasks, it is time for the Sprint Review Demo what is done The main purpose of a Sprint Review is to provide the team the opportunity to demonstrate what was completed during the sprint. It is all about...
Jul 5th
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Monitoring a Sprint in the Agile SCRUM World
This article examines 3 different ways to monitor how a sprint is progressing. These are: Burndown Cardwall Mid-Sprint checkpoint. Burn Down The burn down is a graphical representation of how the team is progressing during the Sprint.  It compares work remaining verses time left.  The Y-Axis represents the work-remaining in hours, while the X-axis represents the time. The ideal burn-down...
Jul 2nd
June 2010
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Plan to Succeed – Sprint Planning in the Agile...
This solution short provides a basic overview of Sprint planning. What is a Sprint? A sprint is an iteration or period of time of development that is focused on certain goals. The length of the sprint is up to the team or in some cases your organization will define how long it is to keep the teams on the same schedule. Two or four weeks is the typical. At the end of the sprint, ideally you...
Jun 17th
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May 2010
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Estimation techniques to use in the Agile SCRUM...
The ART of -ing If you are not familiar with SCRUM, here is the wikipedia definition: SCRUM is an iterative, incremental framework for agile software development. The focus of this short is the estimation aspect of a product backlog. For additional information about SCRUM, perform a Google or Youtube search. There are many sites and videos that will provide an overview in a small amount of...
May 31st
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Sprint Retrospectives in the Agile SCRUM World
The word Retrospective comes from the Latin word retrospectare meaning “look back”. If you are familiar with the term “Lessons Learned” then retrospectives may seem very familiar. There are several types of retrospectives: event retrospectives (how did an event go) project retrospectives- scope is entire project (several months to a year) sprint retrospectives (focus of this short) Sprint...
May 29th
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