Comments for synoppsys http://synoppsys.wordpress.com Web Development in Higher Education Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:10:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Scrum: Agile Project Management by Mike Vizdos http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/scrum-agile-project-management/#comment-9 Mike Vizdos Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:10:37 +0000 http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/scrum-agile-project-management/#comment-9 Hi, Great posting and congratulations on the completion of three (or more now?) Sprints. One of the important things to remember is that the Agile Manifesto (and Scrum) does not say to ignore the items on the right of the list; this will get you in trouble. My recommendation (along with others!) is to make sure you do what makes sense in your organization. Have questions regarding Scrum? I have been writing a weekly blog with cartoons at www.implementingscrum.com for a while now and it has a lot of searchable (if that is the correct term!) content about using Scrum in the real world. Good luck and I will continue to learn more from this blog. Thank you. - mike vizdos www.michaelvizdos.com www.implementingscrum.com Hi,

Great posting and congratulations on the completion of three (or more now?) Sprints.

One of the important things to remember is that the Agile Manifesto (and Scrum) does not say to ignore the items on the right of the list; this will get you in trouble. My recommendation (along with others!) is to make sure you do what makes sense in your organization.

Have questions regarding Scrum?

I have been writing a weekly blog with cartoons at http://www.implementingscrum.com for a while now and it has a lot of searchable (if that is the correct term!) content about using Scrum in the real world.

Good luck and I will continue to learn more from this blog.

Thank you.

- mike vizdos
http://www.michaelvizdos.com
http://www.implementingscrum.com

]]> Comment on Redesign: The New 4 Letter Word by mbsnapp http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/redesign-the-new-4-letter-word/#comment-3 mbsnapp Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:18:36 +0000 http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/redesign-the-new-4-letter-word/#comment-3 Thank you for this clarification! I understand exactly what you are saying. Maybe we should say: "we are going to update your web site". Thank you for this clarification! I understand exactly what you are saying. Maybe we should say: “we are going to update your web site”.

]]> Comment on Redesign: The New 4 Letter Word by Kevin S. http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/redesign-the-new-4-letter-word/#comment-2 Kevin S. Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:40:14 +0000 http://synoppsys.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/redesign-the-new-4-letter-word/#comment-2 Please don't mix these two concepts... as a person whose been working in and learning agile for 3 years now (scrum, xp, and crystal), I can't agree. An iteration is a project management term for a length of time devoid of its focus or intent. A redesign is an honest view of the current state of the site from a usability and freshness standpoint. One is business, the other is time. Combining the two in front of the customer will not help them understand what you mean by either. If you had explained more, I could see where your train of thought would have made sense, but for a person "reading" about agile or any new folks learning about agile, don't make these mean the same thing. Please don’t mix these two concepts… as a person whose been working in and learning agile for 3 years now (scrum, xp, and crystal), I can’t agree.

An iteration is a project management term for a length of time devoid of its focus or intent. A redesign is an honest view of the current state of the site from a usability and freshness standpoint. One is business, the other is time. Combining the two in front of the customer will not help them understand what you mean by either.

If you had explained more, I could see where your train of thought would have made sense, but for a person “reading” about agile or any new folks learning about agile, don’t make these mean the same thing.

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