Does Agile/Scrum product development really work?

[TrebleMan]

Anybody mind dropping a basic intro or some resources to learn more about AGILE/SCRUM. I’m suppose to take a software development course next semester and it’s basically just covering that from the Syllabus

Roughly:

Pretty much meetings everyday (some places it could be less).

All you're pretty much doing is saying what you did yesterday, what you're doing today and if you have any blockers.

Blockers are anything you can't get done because somebody else needs to finish their work first (or there may be a problem that is outside the feature you're working on) and are holding you up.

Usually you get assigned tasks (a lot of times it's features that you're adding) and get a time period (sprint) assigned to finish that task (although can be flexible but usually 2-4 weeks).

The work year is just sprint after sprint.

 

[Waldo Geraldo Faldo]

For those who work on agile teams. What metrics did you use at the end of each sprint/iteration to show how the team performed.

 

[Rawtid]

I loved working on an Agile team. I've worked where we have both 2 week and 4 week sprints. 4 weeks for larger projects/new development and 2 week for updates, maintenance, upgrades, etc.

 

[Apollo Creed]

For those who work on agile teams. What metrics did you use at the end of each sprint/iteration to show how the team performed.

If you use JIRA you can run velocity reports which is supposed to help with sprint planning

 

[Rawtid]

For those who work on agile teams. What metrics did you use at the end of each sprint/iteration to show how the team performed.

The metrics are the tasks you include in your sprint planning. You either get that work done within the sprint or you don't. We relied heavy on our burn down chart as well.

 

[Waldo Geraldo Faldo]

If you use JIRA you can run velocity reports which is supposed to help with sprint planning

The metrics are the tasks you include in your sprint planning. You either get that work done within the sprint or you don't. We relied heavy on our burn down chart as well.

A year ago all we use to show was a burn up chart. Now, we have to show feature wip, cycle time, lead time, story completion, point completion, velocity variation etc.

Do you all have to report out on these types of metrics as well?

 

[Apollo Creed]

A year ago all we use to show was a burn up chart. Now, we have to show feature wip, cycle time, lead time, story completion, point completion, velocity variation etc.

Do you all have to report out on these types of metrics as well?

Lmfao non of this has to do with being agile. This is more examples of dumb corporations getting in their own way

 

[Rawtid]

A year ago all we use to show was a burn up chart. Now, we have to show feature wip, cycle time, lead time, story completion, point completion, velocity variation etc.

Do you all have to report out on these types of metrics as well?

Our SCRUM Master worried about those things. They are more administrative metrics. When we had sprint planning meetings we would have an overview on story/point completion, review burn down and some of those other things you mentioned, but we didn't have to track them ourselves.

 

[Ugo Ogugwa]

Works really well. I have 5 plus years experience. 7 scrum masters report to me on a dotted line. AMA

 

[prose00]

damn y'll getting this paper through certs only???

I'm getting my degree and like fukk wasted my money

I'm saying!! I finished my EE degree and the offers I get pale significantly to someone with just certs. I feel cheated brehs

 

[Apollo Creed]

Works really well. I have 5 plus years experience. 7 scrum masters report to me on a dotted line. AMA

What city you in/ your company have remote opportunities?

 

[Ugo Ogugwa]

What city you in/ your company have remote opportunities?

Currently in South Florida. Yes it does but culturally they are not big on remote employees.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Currently in South Florida. Yes it does but culturally they are not big on remote employees.

Ah ok thanks