November 15, 2013

Accept and Close Session

Are you ready to accept the Team’s story point vote on this task?

Is it time to close the Sprint Planning session?

Accept each task vote, and when ready, close the Sprint Planning session.

7. Tap ‘Yes’ to accept the vote results, or, tap ‘No’ to return to the task vote. Vote again. Or come to consensus on the accepted value, change the slider value as needed, and accept the vote.

8. Backgrounds change once a task has been voted on. You’re ready to repeat the process and vote on the next task.

9. Have you met your Target Velocity? Swipe to display the App bar and tap ‘Stop timing ritual’.

10. Ready to end this Sprint Planning session? Tap ‘Yes’.

This sprint is now defined and active. Time to get to work!

Agile Story Sizing Cards Windows 8 Phone

November 15, 2013

Conduct the Vote

The Scrum Master leads the discussion: How big is this task? When discussion is over, the Scrum Master leads the vote. Everyone votes using the NextWave Story Sizing Cards application on their devices or an Agile planning poker card deck.

NOTE: Use Charms > Settings > Agile Sizing Cards to change card style type (T-Shirt, Fibonacci, Classic Numbering, or Man-hours sizing), card cover image, and color at any time. Team members using Agile Story Sizing Cards have similar menus on their tablet or phone application.

ScrumMaster and Agile Story Sizing Cards in Action

Manage an active sprint planning session vote using the ScrumMaster™ application.

1. What’s your vote? Tap to select a story size card.

2. Double-tap the card to make your selection and hide your vote.

3. Wait until the entire team is ready to reveal their votes. Tap the card back to reveal your choice.

4. ScrumMaster will display individual team member votes to the right of your vote, on your screen. Tap to add the vote value of any card deck voters. NextWave’s Agile Story Sizing Cards™ application votes display automatically.

5. Votes are averaged and the result displays. However, you can use the slider to change the value to accept, if desired.

6. Are you ready to accept this agreed upon value? Or, do you need more discussion and another vote? Tap your card to continue.

November 15, 2013

Select Tasks to Vote

Which stories and tasks are part of the vote for this session?

Select the stories and tasks you want to define this sprint. Establish Story Point Values by yourself, or, discuss and vote on each task with your team during a Sprint Planning meeting.

Identify tasks to vote on
(establish story point values)

Note the current ‘Target Velocity’ displays at the top. It can be changed here from the original project setting, as needed. As you conduct the session, the gauge displays voting results as percent (%) of Target Velocity. Of course, you determine when to call sprint planning ‘done’ and end the session.

Identify tasks to vote on (establish story point values)

3. Press to activate a story and drag it over to the voting area. All of its tasks display.

4. Ready to vote on a task? Press the boxes icon to start the vote for that task.

Need to edit the task? Double-tap on its description. Make your changes and tap ‘Update’.

November 14, 2013

Filters

Backlog changes constantly, depending on Target Velocity, what’s agreed to during a Sprint Planning session, tasks added and deleted during the sprint, and work actually completed. ScrumMaster calls these changes ‘Adjustments’.

Use the Backlog ScrumFunction to show the impact of anticipated changes and view the result of work completed. At any time, use ‘Filters’ to search for or analyze specific past or future Backlog data.

Use filters to view completed stories, backlog remaining, and change Target Velocity.

Here’s how it works.

1. The color-coded, numbered blocks across the top of the Backlog screen show the current number of sprints calculated at your current Target Velocity. The block color changes to yellow when the sprint ends (closed).

2. The sprint number to the left of each listed story identifies when that story’s work begins.

Swipe from an edge to display the App bars. ‘Reset’ and ‘Apply’ buttons set filter conditions.

Common tasks include:

3. Change ‘Target Velocity’. The number of sprints and all associated sprint data automatically re-calculates. Stories and their tasks dynamically re-group into their new sprint.

4. Change the Backlog slide to ‘Past Backlog’ to view completed sprints and stories, by type if desired.

November 14, 2013

Stories

First create a Story, and then add its Tasks. Swipe an edge to display the App bars.

Create stories to begin scoping your Backlog

Create a New Story

1. Tap ‘Add a Story’ (a single Task is added by default).

2. Add ‘Name’ and ‘Description’. Task information fills automatically.

Scroll right.

3. Select ‘Burndown type’ (tracking for chart displays):

Part of original estimate
Add during development
Resolve a development issue
Work to rectify bugs in code
Development spike
Code debt
Time spent in Agile rituals

4. Select ‘Topic this Story belongs to’.

5. Tap ‘Update’.

November 14, 2013

(5) Your Backlog

Stories and their Tasks

A Scrum Master’s primary role is to manage the Backlog: a project’s stories and tasks. ScrumMaster makes it easy to add, edit, and delete items, change priorities, change project Target Velocity, and actively manage Agile rituals (Sprint Planning and Retrospective voting, Daily Standup status updates).

Best of all, any change you make dynamically re-calculates all project information. See the impact of your changes immediately, in real time!

Project progress at a glance… fingertip management of stories, tasks, and Target Velocity.

As your list of stories builds, use standard gestures to manage both Story and Task lists:

Mouse click or use standard Windows 8 gestures to control items on your screen.

Press and move an item slightly (or right click) to select it
Select and drag items to reorder a list
Pinch an expanded story to close its tasks and return to the main Story list

Tap ‘Backlog’ (5) in the ScrumFunction bar to get started.

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