Agile: Epics
So most people are familiar with “projects”. Something you do, have an end goal, usually a budget, resources, plan, etc. Sometimes you have projects within projects. Like a good example may be thinking...
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Agile: Creating an SSRS Burndown Chart Part 1
The burndown chart. A must have for any ScrumMaster and Agile team. What it should show you is the rate at which you are “burning” down story points. As you can see from the chart above, 3 lines. Red...
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Agile: Creating an SSRS Burndown Chart Part 2
In the previous post in this series, Agile: Creating an SSRS Burndown Chart Part 1, I explained what data you would need to prepare to create an SSRS Burndown Chart (Sprint_Dates, Stories,...
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Agile: Creating an SSRS Burndown Chart Part 3
In the previous 2 parts (see Part 1 and Part 2) of this series I showed you how to get your data ready, and how to get your report started and your Datasets and parameters where you need them. In this...
View ArticleAgile: Day of Autonomy, 20% Time, etc
A about a year ago or so, I watched the RSA Animate short on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us Go ahead, watch it,...
View ArticleAgile: Group Technical Review Worth It?
Every since I started practicing agile development and processes, I have lobbied for some type of group tech review before release. At the end of the sprint, the tech team (devs) get together and...
View ArticleAgile: Tech Debt Sprint
In software development, the biggest thing you can do for the users of your product is deliver value. Adding business value is critical to maintaining a good product and keeping users happy. But there...
View ArticleAgile: Projects vs Support
One big questions that comes up ALWAYS when doing Agile is: “How do we deal with support requests (or issues, or helpdesk or operations)?” Well, the answer, as you figured, is … It Depends. First, it...
View ArticleAgile: Dealing with Your Bug Backlog
Previously I wrote about the types of bugs that might come up during a sprint and dealing with them. This post is more on the backlog of bugs your project may “acquire”. Most software, if not all, has...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence – 3 Years of Agile
Last year at the PASS summit, I ran into someone and was discussing project management and Business Intelligence. They were so adamant that agile couldn’t work. And I had to correct them, as I have...
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