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: How many
planning Why tasking matters Something I perhaps neglected in my talk about 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
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
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
