Agile software development methods have reached great popularity among technology-based companies around the globe, arguably due to their effectiveness at managing the project stakeholders’ expectations and goals. However, this positive outcome is directly related to the team members’ ability to carry out the planning phases. And unfortunately the minimalistic theory frequently observed in agile processes tends to result in poorly written user stories. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘scrum’
08/23/10
12/1/09
Two Approaches To Setting Up An Agile Team
The development team at DStv Labs, a division of DStv Online and MIH SWAT has recently been thrown together to look at some exciting projects in the New Media space. In keeping with the latest thinking around agile development frameworks, the DStv Labs team has adopted Scrum as the framework that will be used to deliver these projects. (more…)
10/6/08
What is Scrum?
Being relatively new to the Scrum way of doing things (2 projects in progress and starting a 3rd), I thought it may be useful to start a series of blog posts on our experience of Scrum. To kick off I will start with our understanding of what scrum is. (more…)
