Agile
General Guides
| Guides | Source |
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| Agile Manifesto (2001) | |
| Agile Playbook | Agile Alliance |
| Scrum Guides, 2020 Scrum Guide | Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland |
| The Agile Coach - Atlassian’s no-nonsense guide to agile development | Atlassian |
Methodologies
| Methodologies | References |
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| Scrum
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Advised for less mature teams, because it defines some rules and boundaries around a Sprint that has a defined timeframe and Goal.
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| Scrumban
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| Kanban
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Advised for very experienced teams that have a great expertise on the process and don’t need boundaries set when Replenishment or Refinement is needed.
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Ways of Working
| Ways of Working (WoW) | References |
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| General | Ways of Working (WoW) for a SCRUM TEAM (by Paulo Caroli) |
| Definition of Ready (DoR)
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Team defines the pre-requisites for a Story to be considered ready for the Engineering team. That might include Detailed Use Cases / Scenarios, Acceptance Criterias, User Flow, UI Design.
Definition of Ready (by Jeff Sutherland) What is definition of ready |
| Definition of Done (DoD)
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Team defines the pre-requisites for a feature/improvement to be considered done (finished) and ready for production. That might include Automated Testing, Test Coverage, Documentation, UX Validation.
Definition of Done (by Jeff Sutherland) |
| Backlog | List of prioritized items that might be available soon to the Engineering team, but might not be ready yet according to DoR. |
Ceremonies
| Ceremonies | References |
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| Daily | A rapid standup (usually 15-minute) status update on work being done. Also a moment to identify roadblocks and if anyone needs help. |
| Planning | On a Sprint basis the team defines how much they can commit. |
| Grooming / Refinement | Detailing the backlog items and estimating. |
| Review | Present and evaluate the result of work done. |
| Retrospective | Understand what was done right that needs to be maintained and what needs to be improved. Usually teams use the DAKI tool (Drop, Add, Keep, Improve). |
Retrospective Tools
| Retrospective Tools | References |
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| DAKI
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Drop, Add, Keep, Improve
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| KAML
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Keep, Add, More, Less
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References
Recommended Books
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Scrum - by Jeff Sutherland The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time 
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Essential Scrum - by Kenneth Rubin A Pratical Guide to Most Popular Agile Process
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Coaching Agile Teams - by Lyssa Adkins A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
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Agile Retrospectives - by Esther Derby Making Good Teams Great
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People to Follow
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Jeff Sutherland Linkedin, Twitter One of the people behind the Agile Manifesto |
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Paulo Caroli Linkedin, Twitter Writer of many books and creator of Team Retrospectives |
