Updated 16 Sep, 2015 to freshen up the links
A few weeks ago I ran a free, half-day Agile software requirements workshop in Boise. There were over 100 attendees and we had good conversations about …
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What’s new in the Visual Studio Scrum 2.1 Process Template?
If you’ve connected to the hosted Team Foundation Service lately, you’ve noticed a new version of the Scrum template is available …
Being the curious type, I connected to the service with Visual …
Read more →Upgrade your Sprint Retrospective Meetings
Tired of asking each other "how the Sprint went"?
Try one of these alternate Sprint Retrospective activities to change the pace a bit:
Retrospective Timeline Happiness Histogram Mad, Sad, Glad The 4 …
Read more →Implementing Scrum Using Visual Studio 2012
Updated 6/12/2012 : Since my breakout session today was on the same topic, I thought I would just hitchhike onto this post from Sunday. My presentation and an updated ScrumRobot are available for …
Read more →Which Scrum Team member should set PBI and Bug work item states?
This is a fairly common question, usually by teams new to Scrum. The Scrum Guide clearly identifies the roles and their responsibilities. Team Foundation Server does not. It only identifies security …
Read more →Scrum Fundamentals Workshop in Boise
Thank you for attending the workshop yesterday. You can find the presentation link below.
It was three hours of packed information (and a packed room). I believe we had around 90 people in the …
Read more →Tracking waste in TFS Overview Tracking waste and gathering the empirical data is one of the most effective ways of convincing people for the need to adapt. This needs an Estimated Effort field, as …
Read more →Diving into the Visual Studio Scrum 2.0 Reports
Being the geek I am, I wanted to take a detailed look at the reports in the new Scrum template. Rather than wait for guidance to be posted, or call up my friends at Microsoft (again), I thought I …
Read more →What’s new and different in Visual Studio Scrum 2.0?
Try this: Download the Visual Studio Scrum 2.0 – Preview 3 process template from the Team Foundation Server 11 Beta into one folder and then do the same with the Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 version of …
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