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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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Kanban: A cure for what ails me, or snake oil du jour?

for point 1, have a look at the fixed-date class of service. That is for when an individual item needs to be done by a deadline. If an "entire project" needs to be done by a certain date, then that ha …
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How do you handle user stories that become obsolete/irrelevant?

In a true end to end agile process, the way it has always been envisioned, there hasn’t been waterfall style requirements analysis and complete breakdown of specifications into user stories. … In such cases its typically these business guys or the discovery process that is in need of agile. The source code typists can simply pull tickets. …
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How to make an Agile team comprised of 4 platforms work?

Don't talk about boring technical stuff in the daily. Talk about the process and the blockers and the product etc. Demand that team members respect each other for 15 minutes each day by actively liste …
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Kanban estimates in JIRA to calculate throughput

Don't worry about Jira, it doesn't have any magical ability to take your estimates and use them to predict throughput or lead times. Throughput is simply the number of tickets closed per week or whate …
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Trying to understand my CFD

In addition to the tips above: Vertical distance across or between color bands represents the amount of WIP in those stages at that time. Horizontal distance across or between color bands represents …
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Do you include testing in the original estimate?

It doesn't actually matter in normal sprint planning as long as you are consistent, i.e. using yesterday's weather (i.e. velocity) to plan, or if you do some sort of traditional capacity planning inst …
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How should we implement and keep track of recurring or intangible retrospective action items?

The best way to implement such changes is directly in the system itself. For point 1: You could modify the DoD for the column before building to include "prepare review criteria" or even make it an e …
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How to write a summary for a user story?

That might not always be a bad thing, not all agile requirements have to be User Stories. …
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Kanban or Scrum for tough deadline project?

Its a trick question. Kanban isn't a process methodology. Scrum has to be the right answer.
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How should tasks be named in the Kanban approach?

In Scrum tasks are not to be confused with sprints. The sprint is a timebox, the tasks are just developer todo items. In Kanban, tasks, if relevant at all, would be the names of the columns. In this c …
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