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#10. Neil compares the to-do list on his 100-year old house to the product backlog and goes on to describe:Using epics to capture your project scopeGetting your product backlog startedEstimating backlog items using story points and not t-shirt sizes or ideal daysUser stories, spikes, chores and bugsThe product backlog in sprint planning and sprint reviewsRefining the product backlog in storytime workshopsManaging the backlog in Atlassian JIRA or Visual Studio Team Services.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

2 Apr 201915min

#9. Neil is joined by Nick Doelman (@ReadyXRM) who shares his experience learning Scrum and applying it to one of his recent Dynamics 365 projects.During the episode we cover:Nick’s background in Dynamics 365 since CRM 1.0 betaSome of his recent projects for a community organisation organising summer camps, classic car auctioneer, certification portal for a company in the mining industry, a telecommunications company in the Caribbean, a reinsurance company, and othersBefore starting a large Dynamics 365 implementation, Nick got started with Scrum by taking some online training coursesUsing the Scrum Framework on Pluralsight Introduction to Scrum for Dynamics 365 by Neil BensonUsing planning poker for team estimation of product backlog itemsFinding unicorns and sunshine in the sprint retrospectiveDaily scrums as camaraderie-building check-in for remote teamsThe possibility of using pair programming and other technical practices in Scrum projectsUsing Visual Studio Team Services features such as tags in Scrum projectsNick will be presenting three sessions at D365UG Summit in Phoenix in OctoberRemember to download the Scrum Terms Worksheet for a handy guide to all the Scrum terms you hear in this episode.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

2 Apr 201934min

#8. Dermot and Neil answer questions submitted by podcast listeners about:Estimating chores to reduce technical debt (Todd Mercer).Prioritizing items with dependencies and the principle of emergent design (Alan Rachid).Whether business analysts are part of the development team or not (Greta Sharples).Planning agile projects, especially in the sales cycle (Jeffry van de Vuurst).You can submit your questions by tweeting @customery or clicking on the Send Voicemail button anywhere on the Customery website.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201924min

#7. Dermot and Neil discuss sprints and the daily scrum events in a Scrum project. What's the ideal sprint length when you're using Scrum on a Dynamics 365 project?When is it a good idea to use special sprints like Sprint 0 or a hardening sprint?Can you cancel a sprint?What's the purpose of the daily scrum?How can we run the daily scrum with remote teams?Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201941min

#6. Neil and Dermot discuss the development team in a Scrum project implementing Dynamics 365.Covered in this show:The role of the development team in a Scrum projectWhat it means to be cross-functional and self-organizingHow many developers should be in your dev teamSupport the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201925min

#5. This episode of Scrum Dynamics is brought to you live from the Dynamics 365 User Group Summit EMEA in Dublin, Ireland. In this session, Neil covers the basics of Scrum and best practices for each of Scrum’s roles, events, and deliverables from his Dynamics 365 and CRM projects over the last ten years. He also highlights the lessons learned from his first Scrum for Dynamics CRM project at Premier Medical Group.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201927min

#4. Neil and Dermot discuss the role of the scrum master in a Dynamics 365 project.A servant leaderIs the scrum master a project manager?The role of the scrum master in sprint eventsThe three questions a scrum master asks during daily standupProject planningReviews and retrospectivesDo Dynamics 365 scrum masters need to be Microsoft certified?Can scrum masters have other scrum team roles such as product owner or developer?What are the characteristics of a good scrum masterTechniques that a scrum master should knowCan a client provide their own scrum master when the dev team is from a Microsoft partner?Remember to download the Scrum Terms Worksheet for a handy guide to all the Scrum terms you hear in this episode.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201924min

#3. Neil introduces the role of the Product Owner in Dynamics 365 projects, including:The primary responsibility of the Product OwnerFive ways the Product Owner manages the Product BacklogCharacteristics of great Product OwnersHow a Product Owner spends their timeHow to use Proxy Product OwnersTop ten tips for Product OwnersWhere do Product Owners come from?Remember to download the Scrum Terms cheat sheet for a handy guide to all the Scrum terms you hear in this episode.Support the showCONNECT🌏 Amazing Apps website🟦 Customery on LinkedIn🟦 Neil Benson on LinkedIn MY ONLINE COURSES🚀 Agile Foundations for Microsoft Business Apps 🏉 Scrum for Microsoft Business Apps 📐 Estimating Business Apps Keep experimenting 🧪-Neil

1 Apr 201912min