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Use this tag for any questions that involve agile approaches from the perspective of a project manager, Scrum Master, agile coach, or similar role. Please note that "Agile" is not a framework or methodology, and this tag should NOT be used for questions about agile frameworks when a more suitable tag exists.

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How can I use Agile in a telecommuting environment?

How do you prioritize your developers work? Are they assigned a "project" and they break it down themselves? I would argue that SCRUM is very compatible with telecommuting. There are many great "vir …
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One Dev One month - What elements of agile would you use

Frankly I've never been a big fan of having a PO assign "business value" points to stories. If you desire to place such a number on a card I would recommend doing it at the "epic" level. Why you ask …
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Business model for Scrum / Kanban based web app. targeted to software companies?

It is extremely competitive and the market is already saturated with some top performing applications that are targeted at agile teams. … To name a few: Atlassian Pivotal Tracker versionone Rally Dev Mingle On that note, some of these applications are created by some of the top "agile" companies in the world. …
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Help with stories in Scrum

1) Estimating in Story Points. A common criticism of story points is that they will mean different things to different teams. So yes, you are correct in your presumption. Estimating in story points i …
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Individual accountability on agile projects

While, I have never worked for an organization that rewarded bonuses to individuals on a SCRUM team for their "individual performance" I can think of a few ways to try giving your upper management thi …
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Reverse Auction "Kanban-like" methodology for agile development

Interesting concept, but I honestly I don't think this type of a model will work and could have serious consequences on your staffs motivation and productivity. A distraction: During an iteration you …
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Creating "User Stories" without a user

If your new to the "agile" scene I would highly recommend INVESTing some time upfront in what it takes to write a good story. …
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Going from Scrum to Kanban near “release”

I would be hesitant to switching to a different methodology in the "crunch" of a deadline. Generally when you make this type of change the team slows down for a few weeks until they get into the groov …
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What actions will you take when Iteration/Sprint goals are in danger?

During the teams stand-up when it becomes apparent that stories aren't going to be completed during the sprint I want to know: Is it because the story was improperly estimated? Is it because there …
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Driving process change within a company that only has recently viewed its software as a comp...

I have recently changed roles ( 4+ years ) as a product manager within an organization with previous years spent as a business analyst within a mid-sized agile software development firm and I have gone …
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Improving your Scrum Sprint!

One point not covered above is sprint length. With newer teams I've generally found that shorter iterations work well with a small and newly minted scrum team ( 1-2 weeks ). With longer sprints, I f …
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Advice for dealing with a cowboy programmer in an agile team

By the sounds of it you have isolated this issue to the developer and that (imo) means you need to modify your process to ensure issues like this don't continually occur or modify the interactions wit …
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How can I get our business leadership engaged with our Agile team?

Have fun with it but make sure you are touching on key principles of your agile adoption. … teams see the benefits of agile methodologies. …
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