Project management coaching and consulting
Kanban Metrics: How do you measure your deliverable efficiency in Kanban? How do you know how much efficient is your Kanban? Here are some metrics Video: Kanban Metrics Cycle Time Cycle Time is the metric that directly measures how long it takes your team to deliver a task. Low cycle times mean your team is […]
Kanban Boards: A Kanban Board is a key Kanban tool for workflow visualization of tasks in a Project. This technique helps in understanding better our processes and getting an understanding of overall work progress. Background SCRUM is typically in a scenario where there is the predictability of scope at least till the next couple of […]
SCRUM Vs Kanban: The underlying principles of Kanban enable it to maximize delivery of value in shorter periods of time than traditional Agile. In this article, we look at SCRUM Vs Kaban and look at the primary differences between them. Below are the FIVE basic characteristics of a Kanban implementation: Video: SCRUM Vs Kanban SCRUM […]
A burndown chart is an agile tool to track the total remaining work in the ongoing Sprint or Release. This tool visually suggests the trend and likelihood of achieving the Sprint or Release goal. This chart is also one of the various information radiators, which are typically used to inform the stakeholders on the status […]
The last of a SCRUM Sprint typically ends with two major ceremonies, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective These two Sprints look at different aspects of the completing Sprint. Video: Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective Sprint Review This is also known as Sprint Demo. The Sprint Review is based on the “Inspect and Adapt” principle. Here […]
The daily stand up is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the development team to plan for the next 24 hours. It is a short, team status check, held every day, usually at a set time. The Scrum framework calls the daily stand-up a ‘Daily Scrum’. Video: Daily Stand Up Meeting Agenda Organized and facilitated by […]
Sprint Planning is one of the ceremonies in SCRUM. This event involves the SCRUM team looking at the top priority user stories in the Product Backlog. And then based on their capacity, they commit to the work that can be delivered by the end of the Sprint. Video: Sprint Planning Sprint Planning Process The process […]
In an earlier article, we spoke about Release Planning briefly. Let us take an example here and take a call. In Agile, Release Planning is typically aligned with Product Roadmap, where the features associated with a milestone in the roadmap are targeted for the release that is closest to the milestone. A release typically contains […]
Definition of Done and Definition of Ready needs to be agreed upon between the Agile team members. This helps the team in being on the same page when someone says something is Definition of Done Definition of Done can be defined for and not limited to the following. Video: Definition of Done Sprint (Example) Story […]
Sprints in SCRUM, are time-boxes of short duration during which a “Done”, useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created. Sprint Characteristics Video: Sprints in SCRUM Sprint Duration One of the most asked questions: What should be the size of the duration? While each sprint is planned separately, the number and length of sprints in […]
