Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The wise entrepreneur will take this advice seriously in order to distill his ideas down to their essence. No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 16, 2009
XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. Both Scrum and XP had a role which you could happily call by the modern title "Product Manager". Embedded in that assumption is why startups fail.
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Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 5, 2008
Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. (Eventually, they may abolish specs altogether) Theres much more this team can do to eliminate waste in the way that they work and thereby iterate faster. Bring your questions.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
There are several ways to make progress evident - the Scrum team model is my current favorite. If you have a true cross-functional team, empowered (a la Scrum) to do whatever it takes to succeed its likely they will converge on the result quickly. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. When its receding, we rescope.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
Darn good - I have struggled in relevant conversations with our in house move to scrum/agile. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. " And, as I tried to outline in the article, process improvements that reduce overall batch size might be a better choice. July 30, 2009 1:29 PM jkorotney said. " It all seems so clear to me.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 9, 2009
I have been using various forms of Agile development -- mainly XP and Scrum -- for many years, but only recently came across "customer development" which makes a whole lot of sense to me. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Inspired me to expand on the "whiteboard iteration" idea with some similar lessons that ive learned.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 6, 2008
The advantages of cross-functional teams are well documented, and for a thorough treatment I recommend the theory in the second half of Agile Software Development with Scrum. Scrum recommends 30 days; I have worked in one or two-week cycles up to about three months. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.
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