What is a Sprint As described in the Scrum Guide, Sprints are the heartbeat of Scrum, where ideas are turned into value. They are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. As a best practice, Sprint should include: Sprint […]
Backlog, Backlog, Backlog… One of the key artifacts of Agile / Scrum is the idea of backlogs. Now it can be a Product Backlog at product level or a Sprint Backlog at sprint level. But it is one of the most used terms while working in an agile method. The Product Backlog is essentially a […]
What is a Product Backlog? Product backlog consists of desired product functionalities that provide a centralized and shared understanding of what to build and the order in which to build it. Consider it as a medium of creating transparency and roadmap across the board. The Product Backlog contains Product Backlog Items or PBIs which usually […]
Let’s first understand what is a Sprint Retrospective. Sprint Retrospective is one of the agile ceremonies that is conducted on the last day of the sprint and is focused on examining the performance and improvement areas more at a process level. If you are following sprints of longer duration say of a month, try to […]
We keep hearing the word Agile quite frequently in the industry. Every project wants to be on Agile and the thought is that as soon as you start implementing Agile frameworks, there would be some kind of magic that would accelerate delivery, reduce client escalations and the team would be happy. Doing Agile You have […]
AgileManual TestingSoftware development
Quality Assurance in Software Development is not like testing the product by covering the business requirements but is like what QA process you are implementing and is it generating the ROI. Nowadays in the software industry, the client is always looking for frequent and iterative deployments. If you are a QA person then you are […]
Can you adopt Agile in challenging delivery projects? Say, where customers are impatient with their timeline. The answer is YES. Challenges Let us first look at the challenges a typical Project Manager / Project Lead face in such engagements: Productivity Client challenges (Disagreement on delivery dates) Change management / ad-hoc implementation requests Escalation matrix Ill-defined […]
AgileDigital TransformationProduct Engineering
Over the years, the technology ecosystem has gone through many changes and has come a long way. With technologies evolving at such a rapid pace, the need to embrace digital transformation is no longer optional. Digital Transformation, however, is not a simple concept. It involves numerous layers of technology adoption and change management. Owing to […]
AgileDevOpsSoftware development
Frequent and shorter releases, faster feedback, less risky deployments and resilient systems – do they sound familiar? Well, modern technology companies are focusing and emphasizing on Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment to improve time to market and get an edge over the competitors. Continuous delivery is an extension to continuous integration. Companies have […]
