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Scrum Transition Journal: Grooming Woes Part 2

IT Toolbox

As my organization transitions farther into the process of adopting agile scrum for our software development, I'm learning more and more about what keeps a Product Owner busy! Yesterday I wrote about grooming the backlog and prioritizing all the stories. But there's a big piece that I missed. Stories tend to multiply. So at any given

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Scrum Transition Journal: Grooming Woes Part 1

IT Toolbox

I've been writing about the process of shifting from a "semi'-agile" development model into a more formal scrum process. I'm a product manager/product owner. So for most people who deal with scrum based methodologies, I think my perspective is a little bit unique. I attend the daily stand up just like everyone else.

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Scrum Transition Journal: This pace is brutal!

IT Toolbox

So we’re moving to an Agile scrum process. This is a dream-come-true for the development team. But it’s a decent sized change that is going to take some getting used to. I’m not complaining. But I am painfully aware of some of the impacts on me as a product manager.

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Scrum Transition Journal: Part time is out of luck

IT Toolbox

Agile scrum teams are really designed to be full time commitments for all the parties involved. As we round in to the end of our first sprint, I'm learning a really hard lesson. Part time is out of luck. I wish it was otherwise. But I'm finding myself in the vice of multiple number 1 priorities. It works best when everyone

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Agile Process Improvement Using. Agile! - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Agile Process Improvement Using. Tuesday, March 08, 2011.

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Amazon unveils ‘Sequoia’ warehouse robotics system and starts testing Agility’s Digit robot

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) The company also announced plans to start testing a bipedal humanoid robot from Agility Robotics of Corvallis, Ore., Amazon is an investor in Agility. Agility recently announced plans to mass-produce Digit robots at a manufacturing facility in Salem, Ore.

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CEOs Own Software Competency — And The Structure Of Innovation Delivery

Forrester IT

Marc Andreessen famously said this in a 2011 essay in The Wall Street Journal. World-class innovation delivery requires weaving together three foundational realities: “Software is eating the world.” It was true then, and it’s all the more true today.

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