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Why is it so hard to maintain a Product Backlog?

February 26th, 2008

Number one problem I see with projects trying to implement Scrum is the lack of a Product Backlog.

This is strange because it’s one of the first things you have to do to start a project. I’s also one of the first thing you explain in Scrum : ” You’re going to list features in a Product Backlog and these features will be developped and tested by small increments. “

How can the Backlog disapear so quickly ? Well it depends on the project. What is sure is that a lack of a Backlog make one thing visible and one thing invisible :

  • It becomes visible that the Product Owner didn’t understand his role and job.
  • It becomes invisible when the projet is to end because no Product Backlog means no Product Burn Down.

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Formation Intégration Continue chez Valtech les 6,7 et 8 février

January 11th, 2008

Valtech Training organise une formation sur les principes de l’usine logicielle et de l’intégration continue.

Au programme : Maven, CruiseControl, Hudson, Subversion, …

Plus de détails sur le site de Valtech Training.

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GWT 1.4.59-RC2 and Maven2

August 24th, 2007

Gwt 1.4.59-RC2 was just released. If you use Maven2 to build your project, this latest version can be found on xi8ix repository.

Here is the configuration:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>xi8ix</id>
        <url>http://maven.xi8ix.org/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.google</groupId>
    <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.59-RC2</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.google</groupId>
    <artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.59-RC2</version>
</dependency>

I had to tweak a few things in my SpringDispatchService. Maybe it’s time to find a more stable solution…

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