Ok, so pretty obviously im working with Scrum, but im also looking at Silverlight (isn't silver-light another way of saying Flash?) and I got to thinking "This would be a cool technology to create a Scrum Wall".

Sorry but this post isn't going to be the answer to your woes! We have been having some issues I feel centered around a quality and attitude during our project, and whilst reading through various articles I came across this story which really strikes a chord on our project....

Firstly let me say that holding Sprint Retrospectives should be considered mandatory in the Scrum process in your organisation. Obviously their goal is to allow the team to look at what went well in a sprint and what didn't. But they are often overlooked, rushed and not given due time and attention. Another aspect of Sprint Retrospectives we must be careful of is, that they do not de-generate into a finger pointing and moaning exercise. Retrospectives that spiral into this pit of doom, are often a result of a poorly structured meeting, probably caused by opening with "What worked in the sprint and what didn't?"....

So you’re running Scrum on your project and you have your burn down chart, your sprint back log and everything is ticking along nicely, or is it? Do you have trouble getting developers to update the sprint backlog? Do they still loose focus of when the end of the sprint is? Maybe the management keep asking you how things are going, even though they have access to your sprint burn down on the network.

These could be symptoms of an electronic Scrum process. By electronic Scum process I mean you have your sprint data held electronically in say Excel or Visual Studio Team System...

A bit of good, clean fun. This timer has proved very productive and entertaining. Set the time and start it off, its free and even has an audible warning half way through...