October 2014

Agile Moment: How to estimate Story Points using Planning Poker

(see also: Agile Moment: Equating Story Points to Time, Scrum Effort Estimation, Practical Guide Story Points Estimation, How Story Points relate to hours, Story Points vs. Task Hours, Planning Poker) Overview Estimating story points for user stories that implement features on the Scrum teams product roadmap / product backlog is a critical planning exercise. All Scrum teams shouldContinue reading “Agile Moment: How to estimate Story Points using Planning Poker”

Agile Moment: Equating Story Points and Time

Equating Story Points to Time = Bad I have found a common recurring issue on some of my Scrum teams over the years regarding equation of time (hours, days, weeks, months) to story points for user stories.

The pitfalls of making pay ‘transparent’

What a really, really stupid and unconstitutional idea. That is, for the Federal Government to dictate to private companies that they publish private information.

Mobile Web App Testing Tool – MobileTest

Here is a great resource for web software developers. MobileTest. It offer emulation for a few different mobile platforms. http://mobiletest.me/

#gapgate. Sigh. The media hounds are at it again…

First there was #antennaegate, then the infusible stories on the new Apple iPhone 6 bending (see 5 million articles/posts/videos of whining on #bendgate) under 80 lbs or more of highly unusual physical forces. Now the media and fashion challenged (read: nimrods who stuff their expensive tech in tight fitting jeans, then bend over) people are stuck inContinue reading “#gapgate. Sigh. The media hounds are at it again…”

Whitehurst: on DevOps, apps, and infrastructure; Blogagility – Agile Scrum is the answer

An analysis Jim Whitehurst discussed the interactions or lack thereof between infrastructure and operational folks and the guys who are locked in the closet – developers – in an interview with Fredric Paul (Network World). They discussed the fact that software is becoming ever more omnipresent in technology. It is the first level of interactionContinue reading “Whitehurst: on DevOps, apps, and infrastructure; Blogagility – Agile Scrum is the answer”