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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking to a test manager recently he mentioned that he often gets asked, &#8220;When do you do test plans in agile, if ever&#8221;. Since it is a common question I thought a blog post would be useful. First let me clear up a common misconception. Agile does not mean NO documentation, the agile manifesto says [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=660&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Scrum Masters can&#8217;t be responsible for delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone recently asked me if I could point them to some reading about whether Scrum Masters should be responsible for delivery or not. I strongly believe Scrum Masters should not be directly responsible for delivery, but after hunting online I can&#8217;t really find anything that talks specifically to this point. So I thought a blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=614&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum Puzzle #5</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/scrum-puzzle-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgive me Scrum Puzzlers for taking so long to post a new puzzle. I&#8217;ve been busy with a side project which will very soon become a lot more than a side project. In exactly 2 weeks I will be self employed! I have started Growing Agile with my good friend and fellow agile enthusiast Sam [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=609&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing Bugs in Scrum</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fixing-bugs-in-scrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post is inspired by an email I sent to our teams recently due to some confusion about when to fix bugs in Scrum. It generated 2 responses: 1) Complete support from some (senior developer, architect and CTO) and 2) Debate and disagreement from others (Product Owners) I will leave it to you to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=600&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum Puzzle #4</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/scrum-puzzle-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people seemed to get the concept that the team own the task board in the responses to Scrum Puzzle #3 but a few wanted to be helpful to management by allowing for some consistency or a key to make the board more understandable. My approach is a much less forgiving. I think that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=585&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Calculate Capitalisation Costs in Scrum without Timesheets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/?p=573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the London Scrum Gathering I shared a technique I use to calculate development costs for capitalisation without needing developers to track hours. I promised to blog about the technique since people found it useful. This is something I use today, in the real world. Our finance department love it, and are happy that it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=573&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum Puzzle #3</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/scrum-puzzle-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well looks like everyone got that changing the sprint length is a bad idea. Here are the key learning points for me in Scrum Puzzle #2: 1. Velocity is not linear, all it tells you is how many points a team usually complete in a fix period. As soon as you change that period you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=561&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum Puzzle #2</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/scrum-puzzle-1-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I&#8217;m overwhelmed by the great response to the first Scrum Puzzle. I loved some of your responses. I especially liked Matthew&#8217;s example of moving the boulders. That&#8217;s a great way to teach the principle. Here is my solution: There are 2 key learning points in this puzzle. Number one is the value of small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=538&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum Puzzle #1</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/scrum-puzzle-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems it has been a very long time since I did a blog post. I have good reasons. Since my last blog post I have: Attended my first Agile Alliance Conference: Agile 2011 Presented 2 talks at Agile 2011 Had my first official paper published as part of the Agile 2011 conference proceedings Helped [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=528&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We do Agile, but not Scrum</title>
		<link>http://scrumcoaching.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/we-do-agile-but-not-scrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Greaves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often hear people saw &#8220;we follow the Agile Methodology&#8221;, or &#8220;we don&#8217;t do Scrum but we do Agile&#8221;. As if it is a thing I should know about. If you have done this then please note, there is no such thing as the Agile Methodology. My husband describes it best. Agile is an abstract [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scrumcoaching.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11840315&amp;post=383&amp;subd=scrumcoaching&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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