Category Archives: agile

Scrum, XP, Lean Software Development

Luke, I’m your ScrumMaster

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I am now a Certified ScrumMaster.

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How To Show Sub-Iterations in the Iteration Backlog

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Once issue that we have with our customer is the definition of iterations. They want us to work with 6-week iterations, and release a previously-agreed scope at the end of the 6-weeks. The reasons for this according to them is … Continue reading →

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Team Did Not Split In Feature Teams

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

On our project, there is a total of 21 tech people (plus managers and translators). 3 of us are onshore. 18 offshore. You would expect this to lead to a natural split into 4 teams, right? 1 onshore, 3 teams … Continue reading →

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First Retrospective Meeting

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Last Monday, we held the first retrospective meeting on our project. I had pushed for it to take place, and I thought it would go better than the Sprint Review. As it happened, it did not. First, I contacted people … Continue reading →

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First Sprint Review

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Today, I organized the first Sprint Review for our project. This was not something that we had planned in advance. I did mention it a couple of weeks ago to the people in Valtech, but I did not take the … Continue reading →

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List of Certified ScrumMasters

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

This gives the list of the 5627 known certified ScrumMasters. I see about 35 SMs in France (none from my training session yet). Meaning that, if things go as planned, once we at Valtech are included, we would eventually represent … Continue reading →

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Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

As per Craig Larman’s recommendation, I read Agile Project Management with Scrum before attending Craig’s ScrumMaster certification course. Overall, I am slightly disappointed. This book does not really help getting the basics of Scrum. Instead, it focuses on providing real-life … Continue reading →

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ScrumMaster?

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I’ve just attended a training session on the Scrum method, provided by aforementioned Craig. The objective of the session was to get a Certification as a ScrumMaster. Not being on of the most senior consultants, I had to trade 2 … Continue reading →

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The Power of a Man vs. Manpower

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I have been involved in an offshore project for Manpower for more than 6 months. Well, we have recently learned that Craig Larman was going to coach it and lean more towards Agile methods. Craig is Chief Scientist with my … Continue reading →

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