How to interface with an Agile development team
	Background: I have 2 teams that support the business with all of its back office applications. The first team is an application support team. They are first line of defense or the support team for ALL internal applications and they are responsible for configuration on purchased apps. Many members of the support team can understand code but we've... more » By Karen  - 28 Oct - 2 new of 2 messages

	Microsoft Program Management for Dummies: the video
	I just posted the video of my presentation about Program Management at Microsoft, offering insights I gleaned from my years at the company. [link] I am happy to present this to any other groups that may be interested. By the way, I have a whole podcast series where I interview... more » By Mikhail  - 25 Oct - 1 new of 1 message

	Agile Testing
	Does anyone have any good references to use as I establish an agile testing strategy for my project? Thanks in advance! By Pat  - 20 Oct - 2 new of 2 messages

	Basic Project Planner
	This is a very basic no cost Web Based Project Managment Software. Basic Project Planner [link] It's not ment to replace TFS, Jira... Those are great tools. Use this if setting up the Project Management Software takes more time than the actual Project. Your workers don't even have to register to... more » By Cindy Lee  - 14 Oct - 1 new of 1 message

	NFi Is Looking for an Agile PM / ScrumMaster
	Hi Everyone, I hope I'm not spamming the group with this one. I have a client looking for an on-site Agile PM. All the details of the job are here: [link] . If you know anyone please send them my way. Thanks. Sincerely, Robert Dempsey By Robert Dempsey  - 12 Oct - 1 new of 1 message

	Scrum certification (Pre-requisite & Fee in India?)
	Hello, I am working as Sr. Software Test Engineer in Mumbai (India) & now my role is almost as Business Analyst & Project Co-ordinator. I have around 3.5 Years of Total experience and around 2 Years of experince in Business Analyst & Project Coordinator role. I am interested in Scrum Master Certification.... more » By Javed Nehal  - 12 Oct - 2 new of 2 messages

	completing a story - does this necessarily include QA based testing of the finished products?
	I'm hoping for some opinions to help solve a debate I'm having with some Project Manager colleagues. Here's the basic scenario: an agile based IT project has a number of stories within an iteration. For a story to be accepted as 'completed', does this necessarily include any work that needs to... more » By davout  - 9 Oct - 7 new of 7 messages

Dealing with silo'ed team(s)

Hi folks, A little background: I've been tasked with the tall order of reigning in the chaos that was my company's software development 'process' into something more rational and repeatable. I've long been interested in agile methods but have never had the opportunity to work with them directly. At the advice of a respected project manager colleague, I'm... more » By Mitch O'Brien  - 7 Oct - 7 new of 7 messages

	Agile based Software development
	This is Fareesa, doing my MS(computer Science),I need some research input for my final research thesis "A Study of the Effect of Project Type and the Developmental Strategy on the Success or Failure of an Agile Based Offshore Software Development” It would be very kind of you if I may be able to get your... more » By Fareesa  - 7 Oct - 1 new of 1 message

	Announcement: JManeuver V1.0 - Release Planning Tool based on Agile Methodologies
	Greetings, We are glad to announce the initial release of JManeuver. The goal of JManeuver is to facilitate an enriched and consistent release planning experience over the web. So, whether your agile teams are co-located or distributed, they stay involved. It also takes care of routine release planning tasks, such as, capacity calculations so... more » By Nitin  - 6 Oct - 1 new of 1 message