The Fractal Nature of the Revelry Development Process
“There’s a fractal nature to the Revelry software development process. Whenever I advise someone who is stuck using our process, I see this psychedelic,…
Agile Product Development
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How Our One Week Sprints Are Like Blazing a Trail
This is how we keep track of the landmarks that tell us we’re still on the right trail. It’s not always a straight line, but the journey is beautiful.
Online Planning Poker for Remote Teams
Planning poker is an important part of estimating time spent on a project. But how do companies that recently went remote do planning poker? Here’s how we do planning poker for remote teams.
Why BPMN Modeling Pays Off on Your Project
Taking an idea from concept to market is an exciting time. Maybe you’re just starting, or maybe you’re in the thick of building or…
Incorporating Design Thinking into Lean Agile Sprints
It’s too easy to drop the learning aspect from Agile when the default is to build. We believe in the value of design thinking principles, and our innovation partners benefit from the quick wins that come out of slowing down once in awhile. Here’s how we do it.
Why We Care So Much About Sprint Commitments (and we hope you will too)
Sometimes, clients even say “but I don’t care about the commitment.” Firstly, I question whether that is true deep down. It’s hard for me to imagine someone paying a significant amount of money to have a problem solved,and then not caring when that solution ships, or even which parts of the solution ship in which order.
How, Why, and When: The Elements of an Effective Ticket Comment
We have daily standups. We tried adding a thing called a daily 4:20. But in the end, we decided to improve our ticket comment writing game. And Aline led the charge on the how and the why.
Developer, Manage Thyself: How to Help Your Project Manager
Here are 8 things Developers can do to balance the effort of communication across entire project sprints.
Revelry Process : Design and Development for Growth
We work with our customers and partners to define project goals and objectives from a high level. Then we design and build. Then we release a thing and we start over. There is no point in detailing specifics on how we achieve our collective goals and objectives at the beginning of a project.