Comments for Agile fAq

Comment on What is a story point ? by Federico

Federico — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:13:44 +0000

8 working hours? They don’t eat, talk, think? Auch…

Comment on What is a story point ? by Joe

Joe — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:27:54 +0000

Nice description of the story point…my team just started using SCRUM to manage our new product line and this post has really helped. Thanks!

Comment on What is Moscow Rule In Scrum? by editor

editor — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:45:59 +0000

This is a rule that gets mention in many books. Check out Agile retrospectives by Diana Larson

Comment on What is Moscow Rule In Scrum? by PhilippeAntras

PhilippeAntras — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:45:17 +0000

Hello again Vibhu,

This is really an interesting rule, where does it comes from ?

Thanks for sharing,
Philippe

Comment on What is Kiss Principle by PhilippeAntras

PhilippeAntras — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:40:07 +0000

Hello,

The KISS principle is mentionned in Eric Raymond, New Hacker dictionary and therefore predates agile.
See http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon_26.html#SEC33

The corresponding XP practice is Simple design.

Cheers,
Philippe

Comment on What is a story point ? by Himath

Himath — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:28:53 +0000

One issue I’ve encountered in using hours as a measure of effort is, it can be very subjective when using for estimates. In Extreme Programming (XP), developers need to estimate the effort for the stories. The effort in hours could vary from developer to developer. We could attempt to overcome this issue by using story points which can be used as a relative measure between stories. After a few iterations, it would be possible to calculate the equivalent effort in hours per story point.