V1 vs. Agile Cards

In agile, people usually write user stories / backlog items ( whatever methodology you follow ) on sticky notes. They then put them on the walls in the right columns.

 

Afterwards, begin to pickup the sticky notes they like, move them to another one , like in progress or finished. ..etc

 

A software like Version 1 is really cool on that approach. You have your backlog items. You can have views that show your stuff as cards. The drag and drop features regarding those cards is really handy.

 

Plus, you will have lots of stuff that you can’t have by sticky notes, like, entering estimates, burn down charts, monitoring your team velocity ..etc.

Plus, of course, the flexibility of editing – copying the cards you have on the software rather than your sticky notes on the wall, and their availability anytime / anywhere for you ( regardless the team room issue on agile teams that is somehow against distributed teams ).

 

So , If the ON WALL CARDS / PAPERS won’t add a value, then it is a WASTE 🙂

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Thinking Agile

For the last few months, I ‘ve been through Agile for the last few months. Pros and cons. But the best quote I got from that process was :

 

“If it doesn’t add a value then it is a waste “

 

I thought that this quote should be applied on every life aspect and not just the software industry.

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