“Don’t forget to grab your jacket.” The words rang through the office as they rolled off my tongue. I slid my left arm in my jacket while pushing open the door with my right. I wait until the group forms what resembles a circle and we start. If you’re thinking that this sounds like some [...]

This is where it all begins. Sprint planning is where the team gathers to plan the next sprint’s worth of work. What is a sprint? A sprint is a fixed time period to complete defined tasks. The sprint planning meeting is where a team selects and commits to work for the next sprint. What does [...]

Scrum, what is that? Sounds like something that sits on the surface of a pond, doesn’t it? Those were my first thoughts after hearing the word a couple years ago. Scrum is actually an agile project management methodology. We use it at Rackspace Email & Apps because things around here change very fast and we [...]