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Should we split story cards with multiple layers?

How do you handle a story card that must be worked on by two developers (e.g. a mainframe and a frontend dev)? We've encountered situations where the frontend dev finishes his wor …
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Gentle introduction to TDD for a Linux C++ developer

I have no experience with any agile methodologies or even unit testing for that matter. What are good online tutorials that don't assume much prior knowledge of Test Driven Develo …
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Best way to add inexperienced developers to Scrum team

What is the best way to add new developers to a Scrum team? Our concern is that new developers may hold the productivity of the rest of the team back; yet participating in a team …
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How much value are your team members getting from your stand up meetings

I've run two projects (24 months) through agile inspired methodologies and watched two other teams. I've noticed that most team members don't seem to be getting value out of the s …
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How do you run an Agile project using a fixed cost model?

Our standard has always been to quote client prices by using hourly rates but lately as budget dollars continue to be tight, more and more clients want to know the total cost for a …
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How often should I have a retrospective meeting?

Currently we have our team's retrospective after every sprint, which is currently a one week length. Is it recommended that you have the retrospective between each sprint, or can I …
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Agile Adoption all at once or incrementally?

Should you adopt Agile all at once or incrementally?
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Kanban and Agile

What is Kanban and how does it relate to Agile?
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Agile and Distributed teams

Lately there has been a lot of buzz about remote Agile teams. What are everyone's thoughts? Can an Agile team be spread across two geographically separate groups and function as we …
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What are typical ways to reward an Agile team for outstanding performance?

Indiviudal or team incentives? Pros / Cons?
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Agile-specific programming metrics. How much value does task pointing add?

As a developer, task and story pointing seems somewhat too fine-grained. The cards we use for pointing are: 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100, and infinity. Of these, there …
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What is a Burn Up chart?

We use burn down charts all the time but what is a burn up chart? Is anyone using a burn up chart?
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What is the overhead to practice Test Driven Development?

I would really like to understand the financial differences between Agile and Waterfall programming.
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How do you ensure that everyone is on time for a standup meeting?

Team members are habitually late - it does not appear to be due to lack of interest just transport problems and poor planning. What "motivations" are teams using to ensure prompt …
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Can a developer be the Scrum Master?

Can a developer be the Scrum Master?

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