So you got your team together, you’re ready to rock and roll. Now the question comes, what do you do? What’s the most important part of your to-do list?  That is where the Product Backlog comes into play.   The Product Backlog is a prioritized list of project requirements with estimated times of completion.  Estimates can […]

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In searching the net for articles on Scrum, I found a really nice article where Juice Games’ Paul Keast explains why scrum is a great way to empower new entrants to the games industry.  This may not mean a whole lot to most people but in a world where World of Warcraft is taking over […]

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A standup meeting of the Sprint team where status is exchanged, progress is observed, and impediments are noted and removed.   The meeting is usually held at the same time and place every working day. All team members are expected to attend, but the meetings are not postponed if some of the team members are not […]

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Several roles are defined in Scrum; these are divided into two groups; pigs and chickens, based on a joke about a pig and a chicken.
A pig and a chicken are walking down a road. The chicken looks at the pig and says, “Hey, why don’t we open a restaurant?” The pig looks back at the […]

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