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Azure DevOps + Mural = Awesome Visualizations

Apr 25, 2024 • 6 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm a fan of Mural and a super fan of Azure DevOps. Turns out they work pretty well together. Using Mural as a front-end to Azure DevOps offers an alternative approach to planning, visualizing, and …

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Practicing Hypothesis-Driven Development in Azure DevOps

Apr 2, 2024 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I like to think of Scrum Product Owners as mini-CEOs of their product. As such, they should be empowered to drive value in any direction that they desire. This often requires a Product Owner to …

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Facilitating a Nexus Sprint Review

Mar 15, 2024 • 4 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Over the years, I’ve been asked multiple times what a Nexus Sprint Review might look like. I’ve not been satisfied with the guidance I’ve found online regarding Nexus Sprint Review, …

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Creating a Custom SSDT Test Condition

Oct 9, 2019 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I was teaching our new SSDT2019 class today and, while discussing SQL Server Unit Testing, I was asked why the default Row Count test condition only tested for equality (and not less than, greater …

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Find PBIs Without Test Cases

Oct 8, 2019 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm feeling encouraged. It seems that more and more teams, whether they are using automated or manual tests, are using Azure Test Plans to create and track their acceptance testing efforts. I was …

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Creating a Product Backlog Treemap

May 2, 2019 • 5 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Product Backlogs are boring. Not only are they one dimensional, but they are often unordered. This is to say nothing of their potential lack of information as well. (User) story maps are way more …

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Scrum in a Nutshell

Sep 17, 2018 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

At the beginning of a Sprint, the Product Owner presents a refined and ordered Product Backlog to the Developers. A Sprint Goal is crafted and the Developers select an achievable set of the items to …

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What's our Sprint Goal?

May 23, 2018 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

According to the Scrum Guide, the Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it …

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Energizers

Feb 8, 2018 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

An energizer imparts energy, vitality, or spirit to other people. Energizer activities are important in classroom training environments - especially right after a large lunch. Here is a good list of …

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