In distributed teams, having a shared understanding of Agile terminology is essential to working effectively. This post explains the hierarchy of Agile work items and how they fit together to support clarity, alignment, and execution.
This is meant to be way to help understand and develop a process for tracking work in a distributed team.
In Agile frameworks like Scrumban, understanding the distinction between a task and a story is crucial for effective project management. A user story is typically functionality that will be visible to end users and captures requirements and acceptance criteria from the user's perspective. Developing a user story usually involves multiple roles such as a programmer, tester, user interface designer, or analyst, indicating that it contains multiple types of work. 03
This is meant to be a visual overview of how to manage issues as part of an overall work tracking process.
As mentioned in the Using Scrumban in a distributed team post, using Sprints to plan and define the work that will be completed can be extremely helpful in a distributed team. There should be a formally established process to follow in order to help everyone understand expectations. In this scenario, we can find out how we can use GitHub issues to plan and track work which can be helpful given the recent changes the GitHub team is making to issues and projects.
While this document is not in draft mode it is definitely not complete...
Being flexible and efficient can make working in a distributed team a great experience; sometimes though, you have to be the agent of change to help your team get there. While trying to understand what Scrumban actually is, it seemed best to type it up myself to reinforce what I have learned so far.
Scrumban combines two leading Agile methodologies—Scrum and Kanban—into a single process for getting work done. But what is scrumban? And why should you consider its unique approach?