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What is Terraform

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Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It enables users to define and provision infrastructure and applications in a declarative configuration language. With Terraform, you can...

Common Agile Practices, Lean Agile, Value Stream Analysis

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Common Agile Practices are - a. Iterative Development & Incremental Development b. Inspect & Adapt c. Small Increments d. Short Iterations e. Points based Estimation f. Timeboxed Meetings Above Agile Practices cut down Waste in the Software...

Quantitative methods for determining the Value of a work item

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What are some of the quantitative methods for determining the Value of a work item ? The value of a work item can be determined by using below techniques –   Bubble sort...

How should a Scrum master respond to these situations ?

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You have joined as a Scrum Master for a team and the lead engineer refuses to join the Daily Standup saying that he already has too many meetings and that if...

Initiating a project team to Scrum

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As a Scrum Master how do you initiate a project team to Scrum ? One of the best ways to introduce a team to Scrum practices and events is to coach the...

Planning Poker / Burndown Chart / Burnup Chart

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Why is Planning Poker considered effective ? Planning Poker is considered effective in part because it’s collaborative. The whole team estimates effort for a User story or a backlog item and each...

Planning Poker / Task Boards

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What is a Task Board ? Task Board is a visual tool to represent work and its path towards completion. Task boards usually represent tasks that are in progress, upcoming tasks that...

User Stories / Story Point / T Shirt sizes / Story Maps

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What are the common approaches to sizing User Stories ? The common approaches to sizing User Stories include using – Story Points and T-shirt sizes. What is a Story Point ? Story Point is...

Epics & Epic example

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What are Epics ? Epics are large User Stories or multiple user stories that are very closely related. Another way to look at Epics is – a User Story that is too...

I N V E S T Criteria of User Stories

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What are the guidelines for writing up a good User story ? The guidelines for writing up a good User story can be summed up with the acronym INVEST – I – Independent...