Software the Agile Way....

http://implementingagile.blogspot.in/2011/06/scrum-metrics.html - Quality -Productivity -Satisfaction -ROI

Individuals and interactions  over processes and tools Working software  over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration  over contract negotiation Responding to change  over following a plan

http://allianceglobalservices.com/blog/best-practices-for-agilescrum-for-onshoreoffshore-model-a-hybrid-model-part-i/#.T-0-ObUoSGw

Few important links would help us to understand the estimation techniques... http://www.agilebuddha.com/agile/agile-estimation-9-reasons-why-you-should-use-story-points/?goback=%2Egde_81065_member_127714312 http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-estimation-techniques http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/comparing-traditional-and-agile-project-management-estimation-techniques/4357 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/agile-project-management-estimating-the-unknown/1435 http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2007/11/agile-estimatio.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh273016(v=vs.88) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh273055(v=vs.88).aspx

I have read various articles,blogs,sites on Scrum and to me all this means is that Scrum is a culture in an organization to bring discipline and framework which could be implemented to enhance productivity, reduce attrition and reduce wastage.

As we all know Agile software methodology offers various ways to deal with the project/product development issues. We  have various Agile Methodology today like Scrum, Lean,Kanban, Extreme programming,DSDM,RAD,TDD and many others. How should we utilize each of these in our projects to create a success. In my future posts i will talk about each of the methods and discuss the pros and cons , starting with Scrum.

In the IT world, every stakeholders know their roles and responsibility still there are project/products that fails. The reason of project failure could be many as you could see the list below - 1. Lack of User Input 2. Incomplete Requirements & Specifications 3. Changing Requirements & Specifications 4. Lack of Executive Support 5. Technology Incompetence 6. Lack of Resources 7. Unrealistic Expectations 8. Unclear Objectives 9. Unrealistic Time Frames 10. New Technology 11. Lack of Planning 12. Didn't Need It Any Longer 13. Lack of IT Management The above list provides us with some of the issues in project execution.