I'm not claiming to be an expert here but when kicking off a sprint, it is important that everyone in the team is aware of what is needed to be 'successful' in the sprint. When going into the actual planning meeting, the sprint team needs to have: A fully prioritised backlog User-stories which fit into … Continue reading Pre-Planning for a Sprint Planning Meeting
Month: October 2010
Following another 5.45 start, I managed to arrive at the venue for around 8.30am for the second day of the conference. I spent the first half hour or so before the second keynote speech talking to some of the guys from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre who were attending the conference in their numbers. Building … Continue reading Lessons Learned from Agile Cambridge 2010 Day 2
Being my first conference for just over 4 years, I was unsure of what to expect. Luckily, the journey was not eventful in anyway and finding the venue was relatively easy. It was great to join other professionals who were working in environments with varied amounts of agile methods being used. I felt that all … Continue reading Lessons Learned from Agile Cambridge 2010 Day 1
Working in an agile environment can be a productive and enjoyable experience, however these experiences always come with challenges. The main challenge that is seen in agile teams in 2010 is surely how to make the process successful with distributed teams. I have been part of Scrum teams with team members in 2 locations in … Continue reading Issues Faced By Distributed Agile Teams
As with everything, we have to start somewhere. I am going to use this platform to discuss my thoughts on a range of technical topics. Whether that be software engineering process or my woes with tools. Ever since I started my career just over 4 years ago as a CyberCrime researcher to the cross roads … Continue reading Hello World!
Simon Prior 