Episode 13: Stories Here, Stories There, Stories Everywhere

Craig, Tony and Renee spent quite a bit of time today looking at stories and particularly some of the odd terminology that surrounds them.:

Agile methodology adoption in decline
20 most popular programming languages
A manager’s guide to building a relationship with the team @estherderby
Epics, Themes, Stories, Features, MMF – What the? @AgileRenee
They’re not user stories @lunivore
The Scrum Update (Part 2)

Quotes:

“People leave organisations because of their leaders. People stay in organisations because of their teams.” – Renee

asked,"What is the #1 tool we should invest in", I said,"Dialog training #1, then reflection workshops #2". Not the answer he was looking 4

— Alistair Cockburn (@TotherAlistair) September 15, 2011

@agilescout what about 'offsnoring' – the process of offloading all the boring work

— Renee Troughton (@AgileRenee) September 15, 2011

RT @dhemery: "Done done" leads to "done done done," and pretty soon you're singing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. And still you're not done.

— robpurdie (@robpurdie) September 15, 2011