tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85168267313617891572024-02-20T20:58:40.661-08:00Agile WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-6904299577842195812013-07-11T21:04:00.003-07:002013-07-11T21:08:59.656-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">How can we get the best Estimates of Story Size ? </span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Mike Cohn has written it beautifully and mentioned three key points to remember in order to Estimate :</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Keep estimates manageable.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Estimate in relative terms.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Bucket backlog items by story size</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I really liked the <a href="http://keep%20estimates%20manageable.%202.%20estimate%20in%20relative%20terms.%203.%20bucket%20backlog%20items%20by%20story%20size./" style="color: #666666;" target="_blank">article</a><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-55126687307088410982013-07-09T20:24:00.003-07:002013-07-09T20:24:20.867-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: #351c75;">A Discussion on how Agile Management is different and beneficial from the other management techniques </span></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=840&item=255409285&type=member&commentID=149427324&trk=hb_ntf_LIKED_GROUP_DISCUSSION_COMMENT_YOU_CREATED#commentID_149427324" target="_blank">you can read and follow the discussion here </a> its on LinkedIn</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-35553686855792374332013-07-08T00:09:00.005-07:002013-07-08T00:09:49.213-07:00Reality Check !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-38734951007195683232013-07-07T23:51:00.004-07:002013-07-07T23:51:30.866-07:00Agile Product Ownership - A quick Revision <h2>
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Agile Product Ownership: Quick and Simple </span></b></h2>
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An amazing video that says! all..<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1" target="_blank">Watch the video here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-80495500501069630512013-07-07T23:45:00.000-07:002013-07-07T23:45:01.111-07:00Choosing a sprint length..How much is enough ?<h2>
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">Agile Pain relief : Choosing a sprint length!</span></b></h2>
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a very nice article that explains really well, how short iterations are benefits over the longer ones. However, as said, its again project dependent and how it suits you the best..<br />
<a href="http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2013/07/choosing-sprint-length-shorter-trumps-longer.html" target="_blank">Read the article here </a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-42745685547250342672013-06-18T04:42:00.002-07:002013-06-18T04:42:31.229-07:00How to Split a User Story I really liked this article, so thought of sharing it here on my blog...<br />
Courtesy : Richard Lawrence<br />
<a href="http://www.richardlawrence.info/2012/01/27/new-story-splitting-resource/" target="_blank">A flow chart guide on how to split a user story</a><br />
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I hope you find it useful :o)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991967163979936733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516826731361789157.post-11400754367749874622013-06-18T04:25:00.004-07:002013-06-18T04:25:38.462-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Retrospectives : the most challenging part of the scrum life cycle
can be made easy with "TRUST" in the team </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the scrum life cycle I believe retrospective is the most
important and challenging part as this is the stage in the iteration, where
people have to say their heart out and let the team know how do they feel about
the iteration that went by ? what according to them went well? what went wrong?
what is that they still would like to continue? What is that they think was a
blocker and should be stopped( it may be a tool /process etc.. ) This is the
stage where we know how to further improve ourselves continuously taking the
feedback from the team. What is there that we have still not tried and can
bring wonders to the team environment and hence further increase the quality of
work and may affect the velocity as well!! This makes it critical for everyone
to understand that it’s the time when all the members need to speak with no
hesitations in mind, otherwise retrospective will lose its purpose, everyone in
the team should take it as a sacred ground to share what they feel.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Its human that people usually don’t want to add or say things at
first go thinking that someone else will add that point and why should they(
WHY ME ?) , especially if there is a negative feedback to share or a point that
he /she did not find comfortable with while working during the
iteration. It is obvious that people only speak in retrospectives when they
feel that they are safe…</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here is where “TRUST” comes into picture, unless and until team
members will have a trust on each other in the team, retrospectives can’t be
successful! It is important that people understand and are sure of the fact ,
that even if they share something negative about a specific thing in the
iteration, it will be taken in a healthy way by the other team members and the
everyone will try to find out a solution for the same as ONE TEAM or maybe
someone from the team would present it in a way that the misconceptions are
resolved about a specific theory.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are histories of project tumbling over in spite of the fact
that they had the most technical people in their team and one of the key
reasons shown up is NO TRUST amongst them.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Building trust amongst team members though is not very easy, but
the most important task to be performed and the Scrum Master plays a vital role
in it. He is the one who is responsible and ensures that team and its
environment is healthy.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here are some of the symptoms shown by such teams with decreasing
trust amongst its team members:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Members will stop taking initiatives</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Negative vibes in the team everywhere</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Members are disinterested what others say during the daily scrums</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Members will stop to provide their inputs during retrospectives</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is very important to sense these symptoms on time, and the
corrective actions also need to be taken.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Team building exercises have proven very helpful, in such
scenarios, group coffee breaks and lunches is also a good option … Involving
people in trust building exercises is also a solution … It is very critical to
understand here that we all are humans and feel bad of personal negative
comments passed by someone , at this point scrum master needs to intervene to
make the situation light …these are very sensitive issues and it’s the time
when he explains to the members that lets not miss the opportunity by the means
of retrospective to know each other better rather than getting into conflicts…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since retrospective is the time to be happy as we successfully reach
at the end of the iteration, it can be celebrated, team members can join for a retro
supper..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“thanks to you” is another event that can be very motivating for
the individuals in the team, when they receive a thank you note from someone
within the team for the tasks performed during the iteration or help provided,
or from higher management.. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also there are no rights and wrongs for the retrospectives. You
just can’t copy the exact template of it from some other project as your team
is another unique set of members and every other rule may not apply. As Agile
always emphasize on the fact that you can’t force upon on team, similar is the
case here... do as you think is most fruitful to you maintaining the TRUST... </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">WHY
Personas are important in Agile World <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In your day to
day testing activities, think , how easy it would be if in addition to, how to
test and what to test, you also know “for whom to test”? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It really eases
the job , when you know the person who will be engaged with the application /
software for whom you are testing as a tester ? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When we create
personas, we not only understand the role of the person at the customer site,
but also try and understand the characteristics of a person. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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name, his photo( how does he look like).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Lifestyle
he follows?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">What
kind of personality that person holds?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">What
frustrates him while working on the application?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">What
makes him really feel good about the application?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">What
is that feature that best suits his daily routine of Job?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">How
techie is he ? what will be a real help to him ( if added as a new feature) ?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">When
does he access the application and how ? How much time does he spend on the
application ? etc.. etc..</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">However this is
the point where you need maximum co operation form the customer, and he
has to understand or in other words we need to make him understand the
importance of the persona creation, Coz they are best people to provide us with
such data.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">There are
examples from various projects who have implemented this and got fruitful
results, with this approach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Just imagine if
you know that a person who uses your application is a super busy guy and wants
to access the application for let’s say only 10 min in a day but those 10 mins
are very critical for him to get all the details, and he has not a second to
waste. You would obviously make sure in such a situation that you must have
test cases related to the response time/performance and the screen
refresh as a person can’t wait for a longer time to get the results. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I implemented a
similar thing in my project. Fortunately for us it was easy to create personas
, as in my project we also had our Personal Support Officers sitting at the
customer site and we had explained the whole scenario(need to for personas) to
him and wanted him to convey the same to the representative from customer’s
end. We then had a meeting with a customer’s representative who wanted to
participate in the activity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We created a
persona template and requested it to be filled in by the key people who will
working on the application. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">A
casual Picture</span></span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Age</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
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<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hobbies</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Education
background – Last Degree</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Work
designation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Work
profile</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Time
spent daily on the application</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Your
need from the application/ your current challenge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">When
do you start your work?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Do
you ever stop your work ;-) ?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Any
other detail that you would like to share</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">At the end we had
a list of key people accessing our application and from the technical
department to their Administrative staff. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In this process
we got to know many interesting facts about various people using our
application which really helped us creating our test base according to their
needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">e.g . we got to
know there is a person at the customer site called Mark 23 years of age,who is very technical ( understands
the application well) and has the busiest schedule, he starts his work, the
moment steps out of his home. He likes to access few details when he is
still in metro on his palmtop. This made us really focus on the screen fit
tests for the application. If the GUI looks perfect or not and many other
details ? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And there were
many such cases and their respective preferences, which made us write some
customer specific test cases and we ended up having even more satisfied end
users. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I liked implementing it and hope you will also ..:-)</span></div>
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Requirement Gathering is I believe the most difficult task and to put the requirements in user stories so that others understand them is even more tricky. When I say others I mean the developers who will develop them as well as the testers who will work on the developed features.<br />
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I have been facing the same issue at work and I am very sure many of us do when we read and understand the requirements in the form of user stories. In case of specific customer scenarios sometimes it is challenging for us to relate it to the practical usage that will happen @ the customer site. How will he use it, who will use it, what could be the possible conditions/pre conditions...<br />
Sometimes it does happen that you come accross a customer scenario which is difficult to understand and visualize. In those situations if the requirement is written with : <a href="http://blogs.versionone.com/agile_management/2013/01/04/using-%E2%80%9Cgiven-when-then%E2%80%9D-to-discover-and-validate-requirements/" target="_blank">Given-When-Then</a> it really helps. </div>
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