by Cynthia Kahn | Jan 21, 2018 | Agile Scrum
Event Modeling is Easy Story Identification Technique For those new to Scrum, Story identification can seem intimidating. Even if you follow our guidelines in Chapter 3 – GSD Gold Approach to Story Writing, you may still have writer’s block. Event modeling is one of...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 24, 2017 | Agile Scrum
You May Need to Divide Your Project into More than One Scrum Team In Chapter 1 of the GSD Scrum Handbook, we talk about the size of the GSD Gold scrum team. What is the right number of team members? The Scrum Alliance recommends a scrum team size of no more than 9...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 10, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Assigning Story Points to each Spike Story Improves Epic Planning Accuracy In Scrum, we have a special type of Story called a Spike. The Product Owner or another team member writes a Spike Story when the team does not understand the requirement well enough to write a...
by Cynthia Kahn | Aug 27, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Does your Scrum Team need to Buffer Sprint Velocity? Consistent Sprint Velocity is key to predictable delivery in the real world. If your team’s Sprint Velocity is erratic, it’s hard to determine what to bring into the Sprint Backlog and to meet your Sprint...
by Cynthia Kahn | Aug 12, 2017 | Agile Scrum
An Easy Way to Estimate Agile Scrum Story Size for Your First Sprint Your team is new to estimating Agile Scrum Story Size. You planned for your first release as discussed in Why Your Scrum Team Needs a Release Plan. Your Product Owner wrote Stories that meet the...
