It is about the difference between open source and vendor specific software products in light of Agile development. The crux is that before implementing SCRUM one should use its full potential and for choosing the product one has to identify it basis upon the requirement of the business

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2. • Lean Thinking: Mura, Muri & Muda
• In 1990 the ideas developed by Taiichi Ohno called as Lean
Manufacturing
• These three concepts played a significant role in the creation
of some of the agile frameworks we know today, and reflect
the principles of the Agile Manifesto

3. • Mura (Unnecessary variations)
• Muri (preventing overburden of any resource)
• Muda (Identifying wasteful activities)

4. • February 2001
• Based on 12 principle
• Definition:
1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of
movement; nimble.
2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind.
Ref:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/agile

5. 1) Customer satisfaction by rapid delivery of useful software
2) Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
3) Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than
months)
4) Working software is the principal measure of progress
5) Sustainable development, able to maintain a constant pace
6) Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers
7) Face-to-ace conversation is the best form of communication (co-
location)
8) Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be
trusted
9) Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
10) Simplicity—the art of maximizing the amount of work not done—is
essential
11) Self-organizing teams
12) Regular adaptation to changing circumstances

7. Inception: Knowing what to build and where you should start
Elaboration is the process of determining the details of a product feature
Construction is the process of development
Transition is the process of deployment

8. Agile visibility
Burn down is a work left to do versus time
Burn up chart shows how much work has been completed, and the total amount
of work
Velocity tracking is the act of measuring said velocity. The velocity is calculated
by counting the number of units of work completed in a certain interval, the length
of which is determined at the start of the project
Agile Retrospective is an event that happens at the end of iteration. It is a tool
that shall help to plan and improve next iteration better.
Agile Retrospective is a
• time of reflection
• where You talk about what went well and what did not go well
• where You wonder what could be improved
Thee basic questions in Agile Retrospective:
• What did we do well?
• What did we do wrong?
• What could be improved?

12. • Denoting software for which the original source code is
made freely available and may be redistributed and
modified
• Cheap
• Already built up engine
• May or May not fully available with documentation
• Various flavors, platform

13. • Refer to the standard products covers legal aspects of
support, warranty, quality etc.
• Cost and price varies
• Highly competitive
• Support and Training availability
• Better versioning controlling

14. SO?

15. • http://agile.dzone.com/articles/what-retrospective
• http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
• http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/The-Next-Big-Thing/Agile-
development-is-it-right-for-you/ba-
p/160396#.U2jKFPmSxe9
• http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileLifecycle.html#Dev
elopment
• http://www.infoq.com/resource/minibooks/Agile-
Transition/en/pdf/AgileTransition_minibook1.pdf