The more specific a product backlog item is, the more efficient a team will be when working through the items. All items should contain a concise description, if you imagine the reader has zero knowledge of the system would they understand what you are asking? Good briefs are user-focused. In agile, user stories are actually […]
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Scaled Agile Framework®️ (SAFe®️) Agile Release Train (ART) CALMR (Culture, Automation, Lean flow, Measurement and Recovery) JIT (Just in Time) Verification and Validation (V&V) Lean Product Development (LPD) PDCA, Plan-Do-Check-Act PESTLE, sources of change (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental) MoSCoW, used in prioritisation (Must-haves, Should-haves, Could-haves, and Will not have (or Wish-haves) VUCA, […]
Forming Positive and polite Some may feel anxious Eager to please, make an effort to get to know one another Storming Push against boundaries Conflict around working styles and personalities Frustrations around peoples differences in approach Some people question teams goals and avoid taking on tasks Some teams never get past the storming stage….. Norming […]
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Why Agile?
What is Agile and why do we want to ensure the product development at Vertu follows this methodology? At the heart of agile is a mindset that aims to constantly evolve requirements and solutions through the collaborative effort of self-organising and cross-functional teams which include their customers. In other words, if we aim for early […]
Over the past year especially I have become a real advocate of approaching my web development tasks in an agile way. Historically I would gain a brief, write a spec, create wireframes, create design compositions in a software program such as Illustrator or Photoshop, create a html prototype, create a functional spec on the server […]
A few years ago I became very interested in personal development and as a result became a fan of Stephen Covey, he is one of the great contributors of the field. I’ve read his book the seven habits of highly effective people quite a number of times and find his chapter on habit 3; put […]
We all hear and see inspirational quotes pretty much every day. Advertisers use them, Nike’s Just Do It springs to mind immediately, whether we’re browsing through social media, watching TV, listening to a podcast, reading books, positive quotes are everywhere. I love them and I like to keep the good ones in my scrap book […]