Agilicious - Part 1

This is the first post in a series that will be documenting my experiences in MATC's CSG 127 class, Agile Project Management. Over the course of this semester, our class will be working as a team, implementing Agile principles as we develop a board game. This will include Scrum, Kanban, Planning Poker, along with passing around the various roles in a typical Agile team. For many team members, this is not their first foray into Agile. MATC's CSG program gets students into an Agile environment from the beginning. For others such as myself, we will be learning this as we go along.

As we begin laying the ground work for our board game project, this adventure has already provided some entertainment and frustration. As I read through the textbook, examples of how and how-not to implement Agile are given, which includes both the methodologies and the principles that allow teams to succeed. Real world implementation definitely seems more difficult so far! Humans are humans, imperfections and all. I look forward to seeing how our group will be able to finish the semester-long project. Will it be successful? How many changes will it go through by the end? I'll continue reporting from ground zero!

Featured Picture - "Best Pupper"! My board game idea, coming in second place to "Paranormal Investigators".


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