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agile

The Backlog

I had one of those "changing the way we work" discussions today, about the product backlog. I'll spare you the details, but it came down to answering two questions: 1. How many of the stories we know about should we have on the product backlog? 2.
Apr 4, 2016 4 min read
Why tasking matters
planning

Why tasking matters

Something I perhaps neglected in my talk about breaking down user stories [https://mattkimber.co.uk/breaking-down-user-stories/] into tasks is why you'd want to do that. Let me illustrate by analogy. When you're hiking, there's a question you're continually asking: "where
Oct 27, 2015 4 min read
Breaking down user stories
planning

Breaking down user stories

A user story is a short, simple description of a piece of functionality, as told from the perspective of a customer. It's intended to form the basis for a discussion about how to provide business value, and it should be relevant to the customer. "I want to
Oct 22, 2015 3 min read
teams

Painting by numbers

I'm a real fan of estimating things by doing relative sizing with planning poker cards. The cards mean everyone gets a say, the Fibonacci-like number sequence of the deck avoids getting bogged down in differentiating between tiny graduations in task complexity, and the relative nature of the sizing…
Jan 19, 2015 2 min read
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