by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021 | Chow
Do you think tasking would help reduce the creation of knowledge silos? Would it help developers rotate stories/tasks easily? Suggested Solution: Tasking done effectively, would help share the knowledge within the team. I’ve worked with teams that tasked their...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 26, 2021 | Agile, Project Management
All of us would have used sprint burn down charts on our projects. Each one of us will have our opinion on the effectiveness of it. We might also have our own favorite flavors and versions. I’m going to talk about one implementation of Sprint Burn Down Chat...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 8, 2020 | Chow
In a smaller project (small is a subjective term, one may consider what is a small project in their team), would it be better to do a ‘Code Review’ or ‘Pair Programming’ or Both? Suggested Solution: Many times, I’ve been part of...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Nov 8, 2020 | Agile
To ascertain delivery assurance in software projects, it may be useful to ask the following questions: Are we working on the right thing?Are we doing it right? A team and/or an organization that answers these questions convincingly shall feel confident in their...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 9, 2020 | Chow
When we say a Fixed Bid project, what comes to our mind? Are we talking about fixed Scope, Budget and Time? Assuming we are a service provider and all the parameters are fixed for the project, is it possible to do a Release Plan with out losing the spirit of agile?...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Mar 9, 2020 | Project Management
Previous Articles in Product Visioning series: Product Visioning: https://pm-powerconsulting.com/blog/product-visioning-5-steps-scoping-software-projects/ Product Visioning: 1. Elevator...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Oct 8, 2019 | Chow
Every Agile Team knows that Retrospectives are one of the important feedback mechanisms for Continuous Improvement. While doing a release level retro, where, say the release spans across 4 months, how to avoid the ‘Recency Effect’? Suggested Solution We...
by Santhana Krishnan G | Oct 6, 2019 | Agile
Let us start with Feedback. From Dictionary: Feedback (/ˈfiːdbak/) noun information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement. Feedback is one of the very important factors for the...
by Santhana Krishnan G | May 12, 2019 | Chow
My team wants to resize their stories every sprint. Our release consists of 8 sprints of 2 weeks each. We are in our 5th sprint. Our actual velocity is lower than the release planning velocity. Are we doing it right? If your answer is either ‘yes’ or...
by Santhana Krishnan G | May 12, 2019 | Agile
What is sizing? “Sizing a project is about grouping its user stories based on agreed upon complexity factors” Let me explain. When you hear, T-shirt size M or L, what comes to your mind? “May be a right fit!” “30 or 40 inches of shoulder...
