by Amit Kulkarni | Aug 3, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Value is more like the roots of the tree. The stronger the roots, the stronger the tree is and better the fruits it bears. The 5 values of Scrum described below are basically common sense. If one can follow the 5 values of Scrum, one will have strong foundations of a...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jul 16, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Risk Burndown graphs are very useful Communication Tool for seeing if the total project risk is increasing or decreasing over time. It allows stakeholders to see instantly if we are reducing project risk. There are two key pieces of information which the Risk Burndown...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jul 13, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Risk Boards is another powerful Information Radiator used to Communicate the status of Risks in a Agile Project This is used to make the Risks transparent to the Stakeholders. In the illustration shown here, The Risk Board indicates The Identified Risks Their...
by Amit Kulkarni | Jun 1, 2016 | Agile Scrum
A burn up chart tracks progress towards a projects completion. In the simplest form of burn up chart there are two lines on the chart: A total work line (the project scope line) A work completed line A burnup chart clearly shows both completed work and project scope....
by Amit Kulkarni | May 14, 2016 | Agile Scrum
There are two types of process controls DefinedEmpirical Defined process control is based on the assumption that we know what needs to be done. In this case, the work is executed as set of steps. Defined process control is generally done using Waterfall framework....
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 18, 2016 | Agile Scrum
In its most basic form, a task board can be drawn on a whiteboard or even a section of wall. Using electrical tape or a dry erase pen, the board is divided into three columns labeled “To Do”, “In Progress” and “Done”. Sticky notes...
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 12, 2016 | Agile Scrum
The Sprint Retrospective is the event in Agile which brings in the iterative, inspective and adaptive nature into picture. The team reflects upon the previous timebox with a view to learn some lessons, adjust the behavior or environment in order to improve their...
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 12, 2016 | Agile Scrum
At the end of a sprint cycle, two meetings are held: the “Sprint Review Meeting” and the “Sprint Retrospective”. This section describes the Sprint Review Meeting and next section describes the Sprint Retrospectives. One must understand that the...
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 12, 2016 | Agile Scrum
Daily Scrum is an event for the Developers of the Scrum team to communicate, collaborate, inspect and adapt towards the product goal and optimize the probability of meeting the Sprint Goal. Developers are the only mandatory participants of the Daily scrum. Scrum...
by Amit Kulkarni | Apr 12, 2016 | Agile Scrum
At the beginning of the sprint cycle , a “Sprint planning meeting” is held. Creating a objective to the Sprint – The Sprint Goal Create a Sprint Backlog by selecting what work is to be done There are 3 TOPICS in the Sprint Planning Event TOPIC 1...
