Jared Wooten

Technical Coach | Extreme Programmer

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Scrum Is Not Your Process

September 25, 2020 by Jared Wooten

Scrum is not your process, evidenced primarily by the fact that it is devoid of any business domain. Additionally, it contains timed events within which your team can execute and refine your process, but does not instruct you how to execute that process. For example, the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event with only a couple generic directives: The Development Team inspects progress toward the Sprint Goal, and makes a plan for the next 24 hours. Though it offers an example, the Scrum Guide does not say how you should conduct this daily event, only the constraints and objectives of the event focused on inspecting and adapting the team's work.

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September 25, 2020 /Jared Wooten
scrum, process, agileteam, agile, leadership, assumptions
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Fail Faster—Iterate Faster

March 20, 2020 by Jared Wooten

The spirit of the phrase, "Fail faster" is simple: In order to find success, you need to get through the necessary failures quickly. Getting stuck on a failure, or giving up after a failure means you've stopped actively failing, which means you can't ever hope to succeed.

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March 20, 2020 /Jared Wooten
agile, values, principles, extreme programming, scrum, iterations, failure, continuous improvement, continuous learning
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From Deadlines to Projections Using Probabilistic Estimation

March 17, 2020 by Jared Wooten

From a software engineer's perspective, these careless deadlines strike a tone of mistrust of the sort that feels like you can't be trusted to get the work done in a timely manner unless a fire is lit under you by your superior. These deadlines alone can undermine relationships and create hostility among colleagues who are otherwise working towards the same goal.

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March 17, 2020 /Jared Wooten
agile, probabilistic estimation, deadlines, kanban, trust
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