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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

A GUIDE TO AGILE JARGON (Wall street Journal)


A GUIDE TO AGILE JARGON (Wall street Journal)

Agile: A tool kit of practices for turning complex projects over to self-managed teams that work closely with customers to deliver work in stages and respond quickly to change.
Backlog: A prioritized list of everything that needs to be done to complete a project.
Sprint: A work period of a fixed length, usually one to four weeks, that ends in a demonstration of work accomplished.
Promise: The work a team has committed to deliver during the current sprint.
Scrum: A popular framework for putting agile methods into practice. 
Scrum master: A person who helps teams manage themselves, making sure they have the information and resources they need.
Stand-up (or huddle, scrum or check-in): A meeting held at the same time every day when team members report briefly on work completed, tasks planned for that day and obstacles that are getting in the way.
Kanban or scrum board: A display showing one sticky note for each task in progress, aligned in separate columns based on their status—to-do, doing or done.
Stories: Narratives defining features, functions and other work to be delivered, explaining for whom the task is being done, what the customer wants and why.
Timebox: A maximum period of time allotted to produce something of value for the customer.
Waterfall method: A traditional method of organizing projects, moving an entire body of work in steps from planning to designing, testing and launching.




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