Information Systems homework help

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Hours on Task, Team Member Capacities, and Burndown Rate

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, refer to chapter 8 (Teams Are Everything) and chapter 9 (Governance) of your textbook, this week’s weekly lecture, and the Spring planning (Links to an external site.) video to prepare yourself to contribute to the discussion.

Explain the Agile approach for assigning tasks to team members. Describe how tasks needed to satisfy one product backlog item can be assigned to members of a team of two. Then, create a preliminary burndown chart for a set of tasks in your weekly SCRUM project. Use Figure 10.2 in your textbook for an example of a burndown chart. Finally, explain how the items in your burndown chart add value to the overall project.

Should be at least 300 words

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SCRUM Project, Part 5: Sprint Planning and Burndown Chart

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch the Spring planning (Links to an external site.) video

Continue with your chosen project from last week by planning your very first iteration. In other words, you will estimate the hours needed to satisfy a product backlog item, calculate team capacities, and assign tasks to team members using Excel.

Follow the steps below to complete this assignment:

  1. Determine which product backlog items (user stories) need to be included in the very first iteration.
  2. Add the above user stories to the first iteration backlog.
  3. Select one of the iteration backlog items and break it down into tasks that team members can work on.
  4. Assign hours to complete to each task. Form your iteration team and determine the capacity of each team member and the whole team.
  5. Assign the tasks of your selected iteration backlog item to members of your team.

Assume that you have only 1 SCRUM development team made of three developers.

Once you have planned your first iteration in Excel, including a 750- to 1250-word (3-5 page) paper with the following:

  • Summary of your selected user story to include in the first sprint, its tasks, hours on task, team member composition and capacities
  • Explanation of your approach to completing this assignment, including why you selected the user stories you did and how they support the business needs
  • Summary of personal reflection and lessons learned in completing this assignment

The assignment

  • Must be 750-1250 words (3-5 pages) in length (not including title and references pages, or the screenshots of your first iteration) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least 1 credible source in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

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