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Agile Project Management, Scrum, and Agile Development Tool

Agile Project Management, Scrum, and Agile Development Tool

Agile Alliance :: Home How To Tie A Tie Choosing the Right Knot for the Job Not all knots are created equal. Size, symmetry and shape can vary greatly from knot to knot and all should be taken into consideration. Thick ties often necessitate the use of smaller knots like the Four-in-Hand or the Simple knot. Thin ties generally benefit from larger knots like the Pratt or Windsor. A Visual Comparison of Necktie Knots Seeing necktie knots laid out side-by-side is the fastest way to grasp how they differ from one another. Of the knots we tied, the smallest is the Simple knot, sometimes known as the Oriental. Happy knotting! OrangeHRM - Human Resource Management | Download OrangeHRM - Human Resource Management software for free

DFW Scrum (Irving, TX) Welcome to DFW Scrum! Our goal is to help you do better today than you were doing yesterday. The best way to do that is through the collective wisdom and experience of the crowd (sprinkled with some industry experts). Scrum is very simple to understand, but very hard to implement as it takes your problems and throws them in your face each and every day. We consider ourselves an organic group that is designed to tackle the challenges and issues you face regardless of your role in Scrum. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month reserving the quarters for industry thought leaders / mentors who can provide direction and insight to questions we might have raised in past meetings. Here are some links to help you get connected: Web Sites Blog: Scrum Alliance: Email info@dfwscrum.com lance.dacy@dfwscrum.com gary.maccants@dfwscrum.com Twitter @dfwscrum @lancedacy @charlesgary

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Switched - Gadgets, Gizmos, Reviews and Downloads Example of a User Story | Agile Development Made Easy! Home - Dial2Do - Use your voice to text, email and more while you drive. Agile Techniques: Getting Started With Kanban As agile software development methodologies become more familiar within mainstream IT organizations, agile practitioners have been experimenting with some of Agile's Lean roots. One lean practice that has gained traction with many agilists is a Kanban board. Lean has much in common with agile. Lean has two principles, add value for your customer and empower your workers. If we look at the Agile Manifesto's 4 we can see similarities between the manifesto and Lean principles: [login] Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Agile techniques emphasize empowering individuals on the team, as evidenced in the phrase "Individuals and Interactions over processes". Teams looking to lean principles have been able to use Kanban boards both within existing agile structures and as a process that stands on its own. Organizational Buy-In

Invest wisely. End poverty. | microfinance at MicroPlace Agile Alliance Group News Retrospectives and feedback loops are at the heart of any successful Agile/Scrum implementation. They’re the tool we use to help teams improve. Yet in two day introduction to Agile classes they often get glossed over. Lacking time trainers (including this one) often race through the topic outlining only one simple type of retrospectives. Brian Lawrence, gives a quiet retrospective format that works well for a large group or people who don’t have experience working together before. Jimmy Bosse, suggests that retrospectives are so important that no matter what happens they’re always required. Yves Hanoulle, replied saying: For me saying “NEVER stop retrospectives” is wrong. Doug Shimp, was asked the question: Should notes from the retrospective be posted publicly. Jason Little, set about creating a retrospective room for an occasion when one coach can’t be everywhere. Nice big room with lots of open area. Jason’s sample agenda: Finally Matthew Bussa provided some tips and tricks:

Quit Your Day Job: lillyella :: Etsy Blog After getting word that Nicole of lillyella recently quit her day job to sell on Etsy full time, I knew this was a story I wanted to share with you all. Nicole is a planner and her story is jam packed with helpful, honest, and realistic tips for gaining success when considering taking the plunge. Keep reading to find out about how she keeps it all together, the ultimate DIY project she’s got going on in her back yard, and the two indulgences she had to sacrifice for her business. When you first started selling on Etsy did you have dreams or goals of eventually quitting your day job? For the past five years I have dreamed of working for myself, but I never expected it to turn out how it has! How long were you selling on Etsy before taking the plunge into selling full time? What was the deciding factor resulting in your pursuing Etsy as your full time job? In the meantime, a friend told me about Etsy, and soon after I opened my shop lillyella. I usually get up between 7 and 7:30 a.m.

Introduction to User Stories 1. Introduction to User Stories A good way to think about a user story is that it is a reminder to have a conversation with your customer (in XP, project stakeholders are called customers), which is another way to say it's a reminder to do some just-in-time analysis. In short, user stories are very slim and high-level requirements artifacts. 2. As you can see in Figure 1 user stories are small, much smaller than other usage requirement artifacts such as use cases or usage scenarios. Figure 1. Important considerations for writing user stories: Stakeholders write user stories. Figure 2. 2. Figure 3. 4. There are two areas where user stories affect the planning process on agile projects: Scheduling. Figure 4. 5. As you can see in the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) life cycle of Figure 5, there are several distinct "phases" or seasons in the life cycle (some people will refer to the agile delivery life cycle as a release rhythm). Inception. Figure 5. Figure 6. 6. Figure 7. 7. 8.

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