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Zany Adventures in Software Engineering with Maven and Motley

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Motley says: "What are we burning down? Your house?" (Scrum Part V)
Summary Motley: A burndown chart? What are we burning down? Your house? Maven: Track time remaining for tasks to generate a burndown. Combine time remaining with time spent to generate a cumulative flow diagram with burndown. Use the charts to get an Read More...
Motley says: "Reflection is for mirrors" (Scrum Part IV)
Summary Motley: Reflection is for mirrors. We just finished a sprint. Why open up old wounds? Maven: At the end of a sprint, do a demo for stakeholders, customers, and the team. Do a retrospective to reflect on what went well and what requires improvement. Read More...
Motley says: "The Daily Scrum meeting is way too much overhead" (Scrum Part III)
Summary Motley: We don't need the daily meeting. Very few people got any value out of them, and attendance started to wane near the end. Maven: An effective daily stand-up involves < 9 people, all team members, everyone attends, and the conversation Read More...
Motley says: "We tried Scrum, and it sucks" (Scrum Part II)
Summary Motley: We tried Scrum, and it sucks. The team hated it. Maven: Apply Scrum patterns and avoid the antipatterns. Some Scrum best practices include including the Product Owner in product backlog creation, including the team in planning, using Planning Read More...
Motley says: "What does Rugby have to do with software?" (Scrum Part I)
Summary Motley: Scrum? Does that mean team members have to carry a ball and tackle each other in the hallway? Maven: Scrum is an agile project management methodology that follows agile principles. The process is build a product backlog, plan the sprint, Read More...
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