Agile & Scrum articles, Technology commentary & reviews
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Estimates are a fundamental element of Scrum. Because they are the basis for planning and predicting when work will be completed. Like Sprints, if you’re not using Sprints and estimating, then you’re not using the Scrum framework.
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Details on an example VSTS Dashboard the is used to capture, report and take action to correct data quality problems that will occur in a VSTS backlog.
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Documentation for people using Aha <-> VSTS integration and good practices. This integration is done utilizing Aha’s own integration software.
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Documents the configuration of the Aha <-> VSTS Integration done by system administrators.
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In this article I’ll begin discussing some lessons learned through pain and triumph in the real world, and try to boil them down to some Do’s and Don’ts with some real world situations.
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The Scrum Guide The Scrum Guide is the official guide to Scrum and is required reading for everyone working with
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Complex software requires the efforts of more than just 1 Scrum team. So in this article I discuss: How to
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Everything is moving faster and faster. And agility is needed now more than ever. In this article I’ll dive in
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How to setup and view dependencies between work items in VSTS. Focuses on Feature work items, but is also applicable to any work item type in VSTS.
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Tips on how to keep VSTS work item states up to date.
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Everything below the top level work item needs a parent for the backlog structure to work correctly. So as you create new work items, everyone should keep an eye on that. ScrumMasters should facilitate their teams backlog work and monitor their Backlogs for data quality problems like these.
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Documents how to track blockers in VSTS with the configuration of Blocker color coding configured on Board team views.
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