Category - Stand Ups

PY19 Sprint 2 Stand Up 4

Stand Ups

TL;DR We can officially confirm a couple of crucial tasks were undersized this sprint.  The most significant one is the port of our source from Open Design Engine to the development builds of the Sliderule CLI.  We are…

PY19 Sprint 2 Stand Up 3

Stand Ups

TL;DR Two things show up this week in our burn down chart.  One, its total size changed because we found an error in our sprint sizing.  Two, we are moving more slowly than we would like.  Some of…

PY19 Sprint 2 Stand Up 2

Stand Ups

TL;DR It has been a while since we posted, but we are back now (and back in sprint mode).  This sprint is primarily focused on moving from our Alpha design to our Beta design and some new marketing…

PY19 Kanban 1.2 Stand Up 3

Stand Ups

TL;DR Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we are getting ready to take a short break before the final push this iteration.  Over a third of the remaining work is blocked on paperwork from the state of…

PY19 Kanban 1.2 Stand Up 2

Stand Ups

TL;DR We have 3 critical tasks this Kanban (relocate the business to Virginia, proceed with trademark work, and share Holoseat with Hackaday).  We are waiting on paperwork to come back from Virginia on the first and the second…

PY19 Kanban 1.1 Stand Up 4

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TL;DR This week marks the end of the first Kanban of the first iteration in PY19, so we are reloading the plan for Kanban 1.2.  Our goal is to build on the success of Kanban 1.1 by sharing…

PY19 Kanban 1.1 Stand Up 3

Stand Ups

TL;DR We are doing some mid-iteration inspection and adaptation, which closes our burn down better than last week, but also represents a little backing up to try a different course where social media is concerned.  In other news,…

PY19 Kanban 1.1 Stand Up 2

Stand Ups

TL;DR Sad burn down chart is sad.  This was not a productive week for us.  We will be circling the wagons where engagement is concerned and narrowing our commitments to ensure next week is at least better in…

PY19 Kanban 1.1 Stand Up 1

Stand Ups

Note: Last week’s burn down chart only showed a starting value of 26 story points when there are in fact 27 story points this Kanban.  The chart has been fixed for this week. TL;DR We are off to…

PY19 Kanban 1.1 Stand Up 0

Stand Ups

TL;DR Planning is done, so it is time to get PY19 started.  Our iterations are going to be shorter than normal during the Alpha Test (hence the 4 week cadence on the burn down chart).  Look for more,…