Can Scrum methodologies used for electrical engineering development?
I would like to know if Scrum methodologies can be used in electrical engineering development. ...
scrum
Should developers be allowed to participate in backlog planning processes?
I recently interviewed with a company which has started introducing Scrum for their development cycles. I asked one of the developers how their experience has been, and it sounds like they are completely divested from the planning process. He wasn't allowed any input as to what went into a given Sprint, and didn't participate in any pl...
How is TFS 2010 used within Microsoft for scrum sprinting?
We are a Microsoft shop, and so using other incompatible tools for Scrum does not make as much sense. So, we use TFS - for Scrum as well. However, we found TFS templates to be rather simplistic. There is no way that MSFT can release the next Visual Studio, or the next .Net framework by doing all of the planning using TFS tasks. What is...
DLL references when using TFS 2010
I am new to using TFS 2010 and was wondering the best way to add references (.e.g. AjaxControlToolKit, etc) to projects that I have added to TFS source control. Would having the references be pointed to a shared folder on the network and being pulled from there be good solution? or is there a better way to achieve such things. I have o...
Release timetables in Agile Environments
Hello, We are currently utilising an agile environment in work. One of my tasks involve setting up a release timetable. A part of this is providing a time frame of how long a project would take to go from a development environment, to staging and then live. I have conflicting thoughts regarding whether such a timetable needs to be done...
Should a scrum master be like an air traffic controller?
Would you say the 2 roles are analagous? Ie the scrum master doesn't fly the planes (code the app) himself, he makes sure that the pilots are flying (coding them) correctly and is responsible for making sure they land (sign off) correctly. He co-ordinates his planes (programmers) so that each is flying in their own airspace and not cra...
Sprint work items - Agile Scrum
What tasks that can be included and tracked as work items in the Sprint Backlog? Can Analysis, Review and Unit Testing (of a user story) be included or can only core Coding tasks be included and tracked in the Sprint backlog? Basically I am breaking down user stories into technical tasks for updating the Sprint backlog and would like t...