World Of Agile

Scrum relies heavily on the concept of Timebox. Timebox is setting a fixed time limit to any activity and letting other characteristics such as Scope vary. A time box could be ·           A Meeting ·           A Sprint ·           A Test activity ·           Development Activity ·           Or Practically anything such as you chatting with your friend on social networking site. The fact about timebox is that the time is limited. You can adjust other parameters such as ·           How much you can get done ·           Which item you must prioritize ·           However, deadlines cannot be moved. ...

Done Criteria are a set of rules that are applicable to all User Stories. A clear definition of done is critical because it removes ambiguity from requirements and helps the team adhere to mandatory quality norms. This clear definition is used to create the Done Criteria when a Prioritized Product Backlog is prepared. Definition of done is crucial to a highly functioning Scrum team. The following are characteristics that you should look for in your team’s definition of done. Verifying that your team’s DoD meets these criteria will ensure that you are delivering features that are truly done, not only in terms of functionality but in terms of quality as well. DoD is a checklist of valuable activities required to produce software. Definition of done is a simple list of activities (writing code, coding comments, unit testing, integration testing, release notes, design documents, etc.) that add verifiable/demonstrable value to the product. Focusing on value-added step...

Today businesses are shifting to emerging economies (such as India) due to reduced business operations cost and an easily available workforce. The businesses certainly are more virtual and distributed, with "distributed" as its key element. Thus the need for better managing such teams, using the right tools and processes, is becoming increasingly critical for any enterprise company. Here are some reasons for the shift and need for having distributed Agile teams: ·           Globally distributed teams reduce costs. ·           They can reach the market more quickly with a "follow the sun" model. ·           Distributed teams expand access to new markets. ·           Acquisitions as a result of consolidation results in companies working together to integrate their businesses. ·   ...

There are FIVE phases that an Agile project goes thru. The FIVE phases are ·         Envision ·         Speculate ·         Explore ·         Adapt ·         Close Envision Phase : – This phase is to determine the product vision and project scope, the project community, and how the team will work together. The term ‘envision’ is a clear departure from traditional phase names such as initiate and plan, which while subtle, is also significant. This is because when envisioning you inadvertently accept a level of mishap and are therefore ready to make any necessary adjustments, in contrast to a set plan which has more rigorous connotations. The envision phase covers the ‘Who? What? And how?’ Speculation Phase:  Unlike planning, speculating esta...