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April 2005 - Posts

Scrum Teams 'Out of the Flow'
As a result of my post on Scrum Teams that are “In the Flow”, I’ve had some conversations about teams that are NOT in the flow. What are the characteristics of a team that is not in the flow for a sprint? Here are some: Vague goals Poor quality backlog Read More...
Agile AND Plan Driven
In Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed , Barry Boehm and Richard Turner contrast Plan Driven and Agile software development processes. A Plan Driven process is associated with defined process, process improvement, heavy documentation, Read More...
Scrum Teams 'In the Flow'
One of the things that I really enjoy is playing basketball. There are multiple morning and noon pickup games at a nearby health club that several Microsoft team members attend. It’s a good mix of younger and older players; I’m a proud member of the latter Read More...
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