There are many software development teams who are working in an ad-hoc way and are desperately looking for improvements in the processes that define their working lives and their business - here will be benefits for the developers, the management and the customer.   more »

Card Conversation Confirmation is described by Ron Jeffries as the three critical steps of User Stories. If there are any development teams looking for that magical balance between cycle and ceremony in their processes Card Conversation Confirmation is at the heart of the answer. Add into this Planning Poker and you've got all you need to implement a lean software development team - its a Software Development Lifecycle, in a nutshell. Hopefully this can be read as a journey of self discovery for the team and the individuals that make it up too.   more »