Archive for May, 2009
Daily Scrum 18 – 19.5.2009
Work done
- Edited the Figures for the article 2
- Ended the Sprint and made the Sprint review
- Set new Sprint goals and started the new Sprint
- Set up new Sprint Backlog
Issues
- None at the moment
Will work next on
- Making article 2 more concise
- Going through literature for article 3
Estimated Sprint work left: 5.2
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Sprint Review and Starting the Next One
Made the Sprint goal – a day late and only just, but worked hard and made it.
I have to start taking the work estimations seriously, because I’m not going to be able to increase my velocity at will. On the other hand the deadlines for conferences are set; I’m just going to have to find the time to work more on this for the next month at least.
The typical burn chart shape for me looks like a box shape – straight line followed with a straight drop. I have to keep this in mind — I’m not going to get a lot of tickets completed at the beginning of a sprint, but later on I’ll be able to check a lot more.
So, onto the next sprint. Next one will be a shorter one — the first deadline is May 31st and I’m ending my next sprint then. Sprint Goals are: 1) To produce and deliver second version of the process model article. 2) Produce first draft of the process control article. Text is to be used in the 3rd result chapter as well as the finished article.
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Daily Scrum 17 – 16.5.2009
Work done
- Wrote text for the article:
- conclusions (and added some text to results too)
- results from peatland adventure
- abstract
- method
- a couple of small paragraphs at the beginning of chapters
- references
- terms and ACM categories
- Edited the article:
- Shortened the literature chapter
- Started working on the figures
Issues
- article still a bit too long
- reached end of the sprint (gave myself one extra day)
Will work next on
- The figures of the article
- Sprint review, starting the next Sprint
Estimated Sprint work left: 0.5 (added about 0.5 yesterday 
)
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Daily Scrum 16 – 15.5.2009
Work done
- Wrote text for the article:
- game production process description
- SPEM 2.0 description
- Edited the article:
- Introduction section
- Started on the Literature section
Issues
- Potentially something with the LaTeX article template
Will work next on
- Rest of the article work (in order):
- Edit the literature section
- Write the results (Peatland Adventure)
- Write the Conclusions
- Edit the Case Project Descriptions
- Add the List of References
- Edit the Figures
- describing the game production process
Estimated Sprint work left: 2.45
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Daily Scrum 15 – 12.5.2009
Work done
- Wrote text for the article:
- first version of the process improvement literature chapter
- background section
- experiences and results for 3 of the case projects
- completed the process descriptions for learning sciences, software engineering
- peatland adventure process description
Issues
- Still in a bit of a hurry to end the Sprint
Will work next on
- describing the game production process
- writing conclusions
- editing, final version
- references
Estimated Sprint work left: 5.25 (3.5 if some features are dropped)
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Daily Scrum 14 – 8.5.2009
Work done
- Wrote the process descriptions for 3 of the 4 case projects
- Set up new trac on ProjectLocker and uploaded the stuff from previous trac project to it (thanks, support!)
- Published process model diagrams for the rest of the case projects
Issues
- Too much work in the Sprint backlog?
Will work next on
- Describing the process of ‘Peatland’ case project
- Creating new tickets for the revising part of the articel work (i.e. I got my process figured)
- decribing the game prod. and software engineering processes
Estimated Sprint work left: 8.25
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Daily Scrum 13 – 5.4.2009
Work done
- Took a look at the ACM LaTeX article template and set it up for the article
- published the Gameli process model diagrams for use with the article
- made the first draft of Gameli process description
- Searched alternatives for DevJaVu
Issues
- Working both on the article text and corresponding chapter texts at the same time — not much progress on either
- DevJaVu is going offline — need to migrate trac elsewhere
Will work next on
- Moving the trac server elsewhere
- Clearing up the process of writing the article
- Publishing the rest of the process model diagrams
Estimated Sprint work left: 8.75 (none of the tickets are closed yet)
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