When should a team start working? When should the team say yes or no to a story being included in the sprint backlog? These are some of the questions that a clearly defined Definition of Ready can answer. The team needs…
I have observed a tendency in Scrum teams to easily get confused between the role of Acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done. Although theory easily differentiates between the two I try to clarify the difference between the two in…
Bucketing is a process during the weighting of stories that aids in improving the relative baseline from which to measure the amount / complexity of the work to be done. One of the challenges that we faced during the implementation…
Part of refinement and the initial sprint planning is the estimation of stories. During the second part of the kickoff (the HOW) and periodic refinement, developers take the responsibility for estimating each of the stories. Initial clarity regarding the business…
For us, this is where the rubber meets the road in terms of planning. If the DEV team has the proper insight and knowledge to get a high level of transparency into the backlog the sprint kickoff is a bit…