SMALL THINGS TO MAKE THE DAY COUNT…

Recently I was working in an agile environment where everyday one of the employees would use the local newspaper that contained a general knowledge quiz. Everyone in the group would get together for 5 minutes while he read out questions and everyone would attempt to answer.
It was such a small thing but it became a [...]

SEPARATE USER STORY ESTIMATES – A SIGN THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG

I once observed a practice where story cards were only estimated based on the development effort. This is problematic as it has one specific focus and not looking at the total work that needs to be completed for a story to be moved into done. Product development is not just about writing code.