Something that i know some larger teams do after a release (they have long
release cycles) is an iteration 0, were they work on improving their
processes and pay off technical debt.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Bobby Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:

> I agree with Ade. Quality is not something you ensure at the end of the
> process in an agile team. That is a waterfall mindset. Quality is something
> you have to strive for throughout the development effort.
>
> Having a productive retrospective is a great starting place, but there are
> some caveats:
>
> 1. The team needs to be empowered to make change.
> 2. The team needs to make commitments to implement changes that are
> identified and agreed on by the team.
> 3. Management has to support the teams effort to improve quality possibly
> at the sacrifice of new feature velocity.
>
> Also trying to parse practices into "real life" and "the ideal" is giving
> up before you even try. What I hear in this sentiment is, "I will pay lip
> service to Agile practices, but when the rubber meets the road I will
> abandon the practices and pump out whatever crap gets me over the immediate
> goal line."
>
> And Hi, Anne! Good to see you posting on the mailing list. Hope things are
> going well down in Olympia.
>
> Bobby
>
> Trying to parse things into "real life"
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Anne Wax <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What do you do at the end of a sprint or a release cycle to ensure
>> quality?
>>
>> We've seen some blogs that talk about stop-reflect-adapt and
>> review-reflect-repeat.  What do you all do when you have completed an
>> interation or a release cycle to ensure your product's excellence?  Do you
>> step back to review and improve before moving on to the next cycle or
>> project?
>>
>> What happens in "real life" and what is the ideal?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.agileweboperations.com/stop-reflect-adapt-the-3-steps-to-stop-writing-bad-code
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.agilejournal.com/blogs/blogs/all-about-agile/704-how-to-implement-scrum-in-10-easy-steps-step-10-review-reflect-repeat
>>
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