Swine Flu…

May 10 is fast approaching. If before we could still afford to relax, I guess that would no longer be the case specially this week. I had the DMS Project, ASP.Net and CRM in my to do list.

At around 2 pm, we had a meeting with Ma’am Chris. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the software development method that best suites the DMS Project. We end up choosing scrum as our method for project management. Scrum is a method for project management that is becoming increasingly more common in the software industry. Small teams consisting of a maximum 6-8 people divide their work into “mini projects” that have a duration of about one month during which a limited number of detailed tasks are solved. Where traditional methods focus on staying on track, Scrum is aimed at – like other agile methods – delivering business value. It is impossible not to mention the word “sprint” when talking about scrum. Sprints are usually one month long (30 calendar days). A Sprint begins with creating the Sprint Backlog. The Scrum team expands the Backlog into tasks that are 4-16 hours in length. These are sometimes called miniature milestones [7] or inch-pebbles [8]. The remaining time on the tasks is updated each day. The Sprint ends with a demonstration of the system to all involved stakeholders (users, management, Product Owner, etc.) and a review meeting. Both of these are usually held on the same day.
By the way, before leaving srum and sprint, the title of this blog is “Swine Flu…” not because it’s controversial but because my co-interns who had used scrum earlier already had as their title – “toinks” and “simply scrumptious:ham and eggs” and I couldn’t think of any title aside from the “in” flu.
Anyway, we”ll receive our sprint tasks by tomorrow and for the mean time, we have t update the test matrix we’ve made before using the latest build which can be accessed in our workstation by updating the svn specifically the tortoiseSVN (Subversion is a version control system initiated in 2000 by CollabNet Inc. It is used to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.) we had. We also install a few things in the Zambales project’s demo unit including the timekpr which tracks and controls the computer usage of your user accounts.

timekpr screenshot