So Agile 2009 is off and running... I've been checking out the different stages and wondering what to submit. Look here......
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 2, 2008 1:11 pm
From the discussion, I think it is clear we need a new term. MMF has too much baggage. When I originally suggested it, I introduced MMF as "a minimum set of...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 2, 2008 12:32 pm
The word "marketable" gives me shivers. Marketing represents a transaction cost of a release. If a release is to be used/purchased, people have to know about...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 2, 2008 11:37 am
2008/12/2 Karl Scotland <kjscotland@...> ... Just looked up the definition of MMF from SBN. "A minimal marketable feature is a chunk of...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 2, 2008 10:40 am
This seems like a good point for me to step back in... 2008/12/2 harbert_chris <harbertc@...> ... I think there are two types of value we are talking...
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François Beauregard
fbeauregard49
Dec 2, 2008 9:21 am
"Shameless plug" ... could not resist. GreenHopper is a plugin for JIRA ( http://www.greenpeppersoftware.com/en/products/GreenHopper/) that offers very...
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pallton
Dec 2, 2008 8:51 am
For jira users, here is another option.... http://code.google.com/p/poormanskanban/ Its currently just a simple kanban-board style(*) view for jira projects,...
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Eswar Vandanapu
eswarv
Dec 2, 2008 5:55 am
We have used a heavily customized XPlanner for our own Kanban implementation. More importantly we added a Kanban Dashboard that shows all WIP. We had an...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 2, 2008 5:54 am
What should drive a cadence is the co-ordination cost of bringing people together to get information required to build code. What should drive the period of...
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Corey Ladas
corey.ladas
Dec 2, 2008 4:02 am
... Only if you are working within the User Story frame. Such a frame is not True, but it may be Useful. MMFs live at different level of abstraction. Corey...
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harbert_chris
Dec 2, 2008 2:30 am
I think an MMF is just a story defined at a certain level of specification... During a project, stories get more detailed as you get closer to working on them....
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Eduardo Bobsin
ebobsinm
Dec 2, 2008 1:48 am
Eric, After some reflection I realized that customizing an existing tool can be the best way. And you haven't discouraged me. You have opened my eyes! :) ...
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Joshua Kerievsky
jlk112067
Dec 1, 2008 10:44 pm
... Have you worked with Hill? ... Could be, though we work with lots of corporate machines and plenty o' cogs. ... MMF == "carefully prioritized chunk of...
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Aslak Hellesøy
aslak_hellesoy
Dec 1, 2008 10:42 pm
... I think you meant: In order to avoid overtime work ops people want a bulk tool. (Value first) Or have you reverted to the Connextra format? Aslak...
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 1, 2008 10:40 pm
Matt What normally happens is that one group funds the project but they have to rely on other groups as well. The other groups use the opportunity to get other...
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Landes Eric (CI/AFR2-...
dcma_eric
Dec 1, 2008 9:25 pm
Eduardo, I believe that might be an interesting idea, you might want to look at extending existing tools rather than building from scratch. For instance, in...
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Matt
maswaffer
Dec 1, 2008 9:24 pm
Chris, ... maintain through a screen. they have asked for a bulk upload function to sabe them time. They only need the bulk tool twice a year and then it would...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 1, 2008 9:21 pm
Here is my blog post on that presentation... http://www.agilemanagement.net/Articles/Weblog/HPgets3.4xproductivitygai.html Sterling Mortensen is the guy. The...
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 1, 2008 8:51 pm
Currently we are implementing a widget that an operational team maintain through a screen. they have asked for a bulk upload function to sabe them time. They...
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Alisson Vale
alissonvale
Dec 1, 2008 7:47 pm
Eduardo, In our project, the tool was a natural result of our kaizen process. After several months using a traditional kanban board on the wall, we detected...
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Matt
maswaffer
Dec 1, 2008 7:27 pm
Chris, ... business values that is important. Why would the customer place value on something that doesn't add value to the business? Or why would a customer...
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 1, 2008 6:30 pm
Joshua Just checked the Industrial Logic web site. Anyone working with Mike Hill is on the side of the good guys. It could be a difference in working...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
Dec 1, 2008 2:49 pm
... I'm with Scott on this one. If we accept that a "Production Ready" queue can grow to any size (with the known risks that come with higher inventory), then...
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Joshua Kerievsky
jlk112067
Dec 1, 2008 2:06 pm
... Don't think so Chris. See below. ... MMF was defined in the book, Software by Numbers. It is a "carefully prioritized chunk of customer valued...
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Landes Eric (CI/AFR2-...
dcma_eric
Dec 1, 2008 1:21 pm
I personally believe that you should use a tool that works for your shop. All shops are different, for instance, we are a Microsoft shop, so we use Team...
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Andrei Nadin
anadin2k
Dec 1, 2008 12:47 pm
We're using Jira with the greenhopper plugin from greenpepper software, got cards and kanban columns pretty good - still no CFD but getting close 2008/12/1...
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Eduardo Bobsin
ebobsinm
Dec 1, 2008 12:47 pm
I haven't done an extensive research on software that are ready for a kanban development process, but my instinct says that there are none specific to kanban. ...
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 1, 2008 12:25 pm
Joshua I think you are missing the point here. There is a difference between what something is called and what something is. I personally have no issue with...
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chris.matts@...
chrisjmatts1968
Dec 1, 2008 11:29 am
Trac on last two projects. Whenever an mmf or bug fix is code complete it is added to a "ready to release" milestone. The business can then chose to create a...
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aslak hellesoy
aslak_hellesoy
Dec 1, 2008 9:47 am
... http://pivotaltracker.com became free to the public quite recently. It was originally developed internally for use on Pivotal labs. It's hosted, and ...
