Chapter 4. Agile Planning and Estimation: Generally Accepted Scrum Practices
Agile teams use straightforward planning tools to get a handle on their projects. Scrum teams plan their projects together so that everybody on the team commits to each sprint’s goal. To maintain the team’s collective commitment, planning, estimating, and tracking need to be simple and easy for the whole team to do as a group. From user stories and planning poker to velocity and burndown charts, Scrum teams always know what they’ve done and what’s left to do. Get ready to learn the tools that keep Scrum teams informed and in control of what they build!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
The demo of CGW5 was the most exciting thing at the Wisconsin Game conference. But is the team a victim of their own success? Now it seems like everyone in the gaming world expects it to be the most innovative and fun game of the year. That’s a lot of pressure on the team!
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