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Scrum Meets Waterfall: An Interview with Mike Cohn

Csmpix Dave Prior and Mike Cohn sat down at Scrum Gathering Spring 2008 to talk about managing an agile project in a waterfall environment. They also discussed the challenges facing traditional project managers as they shift toward agile. This transcript of their interview may help answer some of your own questions.

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Well-Formed Teams: Innovation Engines of Extraordinary Value

Rawsthorne Sc_2 Well-formed teams don't just happened. They are created and nurtured through specific practices and ideals, both agile and traditional. Find out what a well-formed team looks like and how to move your team in that direction.

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Production Support and Scrum: How should Scrum teams plan for support?

Gwatts Bugs and support issues don't always wait for a new sprint before rearing their ugly heads. What should a Scrum team do to balance feature development with support activities?

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The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Scrum

Paulkgoddard Paul Goddard explores the parallels between agile development and music composition and performance.

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Focus on Value: How to create value-driven user stories

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Deliver the most bang for your investment buck with stories that link features to their users and to their value for those users.

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The Case of the Time Tyrant: Don't Play Whodunit with Ideal Hours

Alan In the hunt for clues as to how to manage an agile team, the sprint backlog can seem like a major breakthrough. Finally! A list of tasks broken down by person and estimated. What a find! Not so fast, Sherlock. Your search for "who's doing what and when" is leading you down the wrong track.

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Writing the Product Backlog Just Enough and Just In Time

Cohn How much work should you do in advance of a sprint? Nothing? As little as possible? As much as possible? Find out why doing just enough, just in time might be your best strategy.

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