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.
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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