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Resolutions and Retrospectives
Agile, User Stories, Watermark Learning

Resolutions and Retrospectives

It’s that time again – the New Year, when we look back at the past year and think about what we’d like to change in the coming year, much like retrospectives. This act of looking back happens much more frequently on Agile projects, since the Team conducts a retrospective at the end of every iteration. […]

Are Your Ready to Cook Up Some User Stories
Agile, Scrum, User Stories

Are You “Ready” to Cook Up Some User Stories?

“Ready” is a Scrum concept that applies to making sure that the Team has enough information about user stories to be able to implement them in an upcoming sprint. Roman Pilcher says that a “ready” story should be clear, feasible, and testable. I’m fond of analogies, and I think the concept of ready also applies

A Heavyweight Fight--Scrum vs. Waterfall Estimating Part 1
Agile, Business Analysis, Estimating and Planning, Planning, Project Management, Scrum, User Stories, Watermark Learning

A Heavyweight Fight–Scrum vs. Waterfall: Estimating Part 1

I think people like a good fight. Certainly the media seems to, not only in the world of politics, but also in the worlds of sports and entertainment to name a few. In the world of business analysis, the current fight seems to pit Agile methods against the Waterfall approach. For the next several blogs we’ll