Raymond Lewallen

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• The Fly in the Soup of the Iteration

  Where do bugs fit into your iterations? This is a discussion I’ve had on many occasions with many different people. Laribee mentioned they work bugs as soon as they come in. I believe Bellware told me the same thing. Provost and Newkirk both told... Posted Aug 01 2008, 10:27 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Alt.Net, Lean, Scrum, TDD

• Getting Done the Lean Way

  Something I’ve been thinking about lately, as I’ve been going through reams of paper on lean, kanban, kaizen and Toyota Production system concepts, is how the definition of done differs from that we are used to in Scrum. In Scrum, the product owner gets... Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:00 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Alt.Net, Lean, Scrum

• As a scrummaster, scrum is not my first option to a new client

  I had this discussion briefly at BarCamp Dallas yesterday. The question came up as to how do I describe scrum to my client? When going into a new client, I don’t. There are a lot of companies out there that are reading about scrum and learning scrum on... Posted Sep 30 2007, 02:42 PM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Alt.Net, Featured, Scrum

• Calling Bologna!

  The title may sound obscure, but its actually something our scrum team recently implemented. Using a keyword to designate that the scrum was turning towards status-meeting or small meetings are taking place. This team is new and has limited or no experience... Posted Jun 17 2007, 09:55 PM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Scrum