PROJ 584 Week 7 Discussion; Agile Communication on A Software Development Team

Week 7: Agile Communication on A Software Development Team Discussion Manage Discussion This is a graded discussion: 15 points possible due Jun 26 Week 7: Agile Communication on A Software Development Team Discussion The topic below pertains to the materials covered in the weekly lesson. In addition to a text description, you may add a screen capture, a matrix, or other creative image that supports your ideas. You are to submit three quality posts over 3 different days, with the first post on or before Wednesday for each graded discussion topic. Use references from your textbooks. The Agile approach emphasizes simplicity, directness, and face-to-face conversations to eliminate the formality and clearly and openly convey information. Provide a guideline for conducting agile communication in a software project to enhance, not reduce, productivity. View Instructor posts View My Posts Search entries or author Filter replies by unreadUnreadCollapse replies Expand replies SubscribedReplyReply to Week 7: Agile Communication on A Software Development Team DiscussionManage Discussion EntryCommunications in software development is continuous like all methodologies, but unlike the traditional way, it's real time. GitHub types of branching environement might be good start, here is my account: https://github.com/esozmen (Links to an external site.), let me follow you, in case you also have an account there. Reply Reply to CommentEmre OzmenLocal: Jun 14 at 8:02am<br>Course: Jun 14 at 10:02am Collapse SubdiscussionEmre Ozmen• Collapse SubdiscussionEmre OzmenManage Discussion EntryIt's not secret that I favor the Jira environments much. First, here is my free Jira account: https://ozmen.atlassian.net/jira/projects (Links to an external site.), feel free to join me there, and here is how they interpret the communications, or shall I say ceremonies: https://www.atlassian.com/agile/scrum/ceremonies (Links to an external site.). Please check the different types there: Emre OzmenJun 14, 2021Local: Jun 14 at 8:07am<br>Course: Jun 14 at 10:07am • Reply Reply to CommentSprint Planning Daily Stand-up Iteartion Review Retrospective • Collapse SubdiscussionMichael WithersMichael WithersJun 14, 2021Local: Jun 14 at 3:08pm<br>Course: Jun 14 at 5:08pm Manage Discussion EntryHi All, Since agile communications promote concise, frequent, and in-person communications, the project's communication plan, meeting types, and support tools should be structured as such. For example, utilizing short, structured, daily stand-up meetings can be helpful for keeping project members up to date. Additionally, periodic demo meetings are beneficial for serving as status reports to demonstrate where the development project currently stands (Thomas, 2021). It is also a good practice to have open and centralized systems, such as information storage drives, a notification center, or work tracking software. This way, meetings can be short, but valuable by covering essential information, but more detailed documentation can be found elsewhere by project members if needed (Turnbull, 2018). Further, the communication plan should include meeting frameworks establishing unique durations, content, and structures, as well as, assigning communication responsibilities to members. This way managers, leaders, and other team members can be held accountable for both poor and good communication. Lastly, it may be helpful to assess and define communication channels, with an effort to consolidate channels to increase efficiency, promote effective