DevOps and Software Development Process The process of splitting up development work, usually into distinct phases is known as a software development methodology. Throughout the history of software development, a number of methodologies have been described to improve...
Sprint Cancellation
Sprint Cancellation An Sprint Cancellation is essentially a drastic event where it ends up blowing up the sprint and starting a new sprint instead. An sprint cancellation is most often the result of a drastic change in business plans. Something so traumatic that...
Story Point Estimation
Story Point Estimation Story Point Estimation is a “Relative Estimation Technique”. This is one of the popular estimation technique used in Scrum implementations. The meaning of Relative is that we assign a point value to each item. The raw values we...
Velocity
Velocity in Agile Projects Velocity is a metric to measure of the amount of work (output) a Scrum Team can take up during a single Sprint. Velocity is calculated at the end of the Sprint by totaling the “Points” (or whichever metric you have used for...
What is PRINCE2®?
What is PRINCE2®? PRINCE2® is a globally recognized Project Management method developed by the Cabinet Office UK.PRINCE2®’s stands for Projects in Controlled Environment.PRINCE2® is a flexible Project management method that guides you through the essentials for...
Sprint Goal
What is Sprint Goal? The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Scrum Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The...
Is the 3-Question format compulsory in Daily Scrum?
Is the 3-Question format compulsory in Daily Scrum? The 3-Question format is the most popular format for Daily Scrum. The 3 questions focus on 3 things What did I do yesterday which helped the team get closer to the sprint goal? What will I do today which will help...
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. As written in the EC2 post, the instance stores are temporary storage. The Instance stores may get deleted if the instance...
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a primary web service provided by AWS and it provides re-sizable compute capacity in the cloud. Compute refers to the computational power required to fulfill your work. Amazon EC2 allows you to...
What is AWS?
What is Cloud Computing? The need for dedicated infrastructure is going away with cloud. Cloud computing is about using a shared hardware hosted by some provider. The development team is then abstracted from the infrastructure. Infrastructure in the modern days are...