Author Archives: Haran Rasalingam

Agile Project Planning

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. Projects are a necessary evil 🙂 But necessary they are. Some people really feel the need to understand precisely what the project will cost and exactly long it will take. If this is the … Continue reading

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Splitting Applications or Services for Scale

This post is from akf-consulting.com by Abbott, Keeven & Fisher Partners. Most internet enabled products start their life as a single application running on an appserver or appserver/webserver combination and potentially communicating with a database. Many if not all of the functions … Continue reading

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Writing Good User Stories

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. Over the last few weeks, I’ve written alot about writing good User Stories – you can see them all here: User Stories. User Stories are a simple way of capturing user requirements throughout … Continue reading

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Agile Release Planning

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. A software release may result from multiple iterations (or ‘Sprints’ in Scrum). Sprint Planning is about planning what’s included in the next iteration. Whereas Release Planning is about planning multiple Sprints, in order to … Continue reading

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Writing User Stories for Back-end Systems

This post is from mountaingoatsoftware.com by Mike Cohn. I was asked recently how to go about writing user stories for a back-end financial system. This is an interesting example and is a question I get asked a lot, so I thought … Continue reading

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How Agile Are You? (Take This 42 Point Test)

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. Recently I saw a brief set of questions from Nokia to assess whether or not a team is ‘agile’. And by ‘agile’, I think they meant to what extent the team was … Continue reading

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User Story Example

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. I recently described User Stories and the composition of a User Story Card – Card, Conversation and Confirmation. I’m not really sure if you would consider this user story example to be good, … Continue reading

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Understanding Your Velocity

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. In a few entries on my blog, I have referred to Velocity and only briefly explained what it is. I think it’s about time I explain properly for those not familiar with it. Velocity … Continue reading

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What Is The Point In Estimating?

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. One technique used by agile development teams is the idea of estimating product features using points. This has a few distinct advantages over estimating in physical units of time. 1. Estimating is very quick … Continue reading

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How To Implement Scrum in 10 Easy Steps

This post is from allaboutagile.com by Kelly Waters. When I first encountered agile development, I found it hard to understand. Okay, I might not be the brightest person you’ve ever met! But I’m not stupid either, I think 🙂 There’s … Continue reading

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