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Definition of Done vs. User Stories vs. Acceptance Criteria

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

One of the more frequently asked questions in my Scrum workshops is around the difference between Definition of “Done” and Acceptance Criteria , and how they relate to User Stories. While Acceptance Criteria is a commonly understood concept in software development, Definition of “Done” is unique to Scrum. User Stories.

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Don’t forget the developers!

Silk and Spinach

In many of them I see a familiar pattern: The managers and business analysts are sent on courses and sent to conferences and given books to read; most of them change their job title to things like Scrum Master or Product Owner; they create their plans using “stories” written on post-it notes, and they organise their projects into Sprints.

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20 Deadline Management Tips Scrum Masters Should Consider

Codegiant

Like I conveyed in my “The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done” blog post, I love starting things off with a quote. While producing this blog post, I collaborated with our in-house software development team. Deadlines are any software development team’s biggest nightmare.

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20 Deadline Management Tips Scrum Masters Should Consider

Codegiant

Like I conveyed in my “The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done” blog post, I love starting things off with a quote. While producing this blog post, I collaborated with our in-house software development team.

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A Guide to Program Increment (PI) Planning: Why PI Planning is the greatest tool you can have

Gorilla Logic

Everything I just told you could probably be found in any blog covering PI Planning, but what we want to focus on here at Gorilla Logic is the tricks that we employ to make PI Planning a successful event that will provide organizations with value and a clear vision of the future. Imagine not losing an entire day of your sprint by planning it.

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How to Cross-Skill and Grow T-shaped Team Members

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

There are two major ways to discover opportunities for cross-skilling: Kanban/Scrum Team Board. Kanban/Scrum Team Board. If you’re unfamiliar with how a Team Board works or what it looks like, I posted an example of a Kanban Board previously on this blog. Test Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development).

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