[dba-VB] [AccessD] SCRUM: Northwind .NET Product BackLogPlanning Game...

John W Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 15:05:00 CDT 2009


Is the max value a preconceived notion that we must fit?  If the total 
value is higher than 100 hours then the process should be able to handle 
that.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com



Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Do you mean that AVG value (corrected to fit SCRUM recommended numbers) should be better made higher for all the positions? For some positions - which ones? (If we will make estimation higher for all the positions then we will not fit max value of 100 hours (20x5)).
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Shamil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Mike Mattys" <mmattys at rochester.rr.com>
> To: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru>,"Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues." <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:56:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [dba-VB][AccessD]  SCRUM: Northwind .NET Product BackLogPlanning Game...
>
>   
>> I've got it, thanks.
>> I'll be most happy to submit a little higher estimate,
>> if called upon to do so!
>>
>> -
>> Michael R Mattys
>> MapPoint and Database Dev
>> www.mattysconsulting.com
>> -
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru>
>> To: "Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues." 
>> <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [dba-VB][AccessD] SCRUM: Northwind .NET Product BackLogPlanning 
>> Game...
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Hi SCRUM Team members,
>>>
>>> I have got estimations from Doug and I have made combined workbook with 
>>> all estimatiions, which I have got published here on MS Live dba-VB:
>>>
>>> https://cid-000971dc34dc18c0.groups.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Documents/NorthWind.NET/ProductBackLog?uc=1&isFromRichUpload=1
>>>
>>> Is it available for everybody? (please get MS Live ID if you still do not 
>>> have it and make a request to join MS Live dba-VB)
>>>
>>> In the above workbook you can find that there is an AVG value of all 
>>> estimations and manually corrected AVG value to fit the SCRUM evaluation 
>>> numbers set: 0, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, ???
>>>
>>> The total number of ideal hours we have now is 86, which fits our original 
>>> plan of 20x5 = 100 hours.
>>> Please check my arithmetics and correct if there are some mistakes.
>>>
>>> If everybody feels OK with that evaluation we can get it as DONE and spend 
>>> rest of the time during this week to try to get source code control 
>>> up&running.
>>>
>>> If you feel not OK about some positions lets discuss them here - please 
>>> post your considerations.
>>>
>>> Note: in real life product planing discussion/meetings it usually takes 
>>> several rounds to come to a common set of evaluations but the total number 
>>> of hours spent on this meeting should be within 4 hours.
>>>
>>> Please note also that (most of) the current evaluations (whatever they 
>>> will finally be) will inevitably change during actual development...
>>>
>>> I have also put combined workbook temporarily here:
>>>
>>> http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/scrum/nwbl.zip
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shamil
>>>       
>
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