[ale] (repost from outage) -- Scrum?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I can't do much more than recommend a book - AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
ECOSYSTEMS by Jim Highsmith.  It is more general than just Scrum and
might be a good read for you given the point you say you're at.

- Jeff

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 09:32, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I took over a small development shop in a big company back in October. 
> The development process here is essentially non-existent...if the CMM
> allowed negatives, we'd be around -5
> 
> I'd like to establish proper, repeatable processes and bring some order to
> it all.  I've been a fan in the past of monthly development iterations,
> where all interested parties meet at the beginning of each month, promote
> their projects, and then as a group decide which have the highest
> priority.  I'd like to take similar approach here and additionally
> establish a SCCB that would provide the final word on software changes.
> 
> However, I'm also sensitive to implementing heavy, obtrusive processes in
> an environment that's quite accustomed to none.  I don't want to chose a
> system that will take me 3 months to learn and my developers even
> longer...
> 
> I've seen Scrum called a "lightweight" way to bring Agile methods to your
> group...still doing some research along those lines, but I seem to recall
> reading a few accounts of others on the list using Scrum and liking it.
> 
> Anyone care to share their experience with Scrum?  Good/Bad?  What
> resources (aside from www.controlchaos.com) should I review.
> 
> And, if anyone has alternative approaches, I'd welcome the info.
> 
> Thanks for the insight!
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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