Blind Taste Tests
What to do at the end of the workday before shutting down? The easiest way to have a consistent Burndown chart is to perform this activity before closing our JIRA for the day.
What is "log your hours"?
What is "end on date"?
The opposite flow of "invest to bank".
What is "bank to invest"?
This color was the most likely prevalent during Jonathan's "gender reveal" party for the soon-to-be Pistolis daughter.
What is Pink?
During this past sprint, Courtney really LIKED this observation.
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While a Burn-down chart tracks the squad's progress based on remaining hours in the sprint, this type of chart shows the team's progress from the bottom to top. HINT: Think of this as opposite of "burn-down".
What is a Burn-Up chart?
Cache Money tackled this issue as technical debt in the sprint, where Deposit Ops can now verify eChecks submitted through the desktop UI.
What is "EZ Admin Automation test support"?
This dollar amount is changed for each outgoing domestic wire transfer from your Ally Bank account.
What is $20?
This "has been" rap artist was not happy about the "vibes" in Burlington, NC at the recent Elon University homecoming.
Who is T-Pain?
During this past sprint, Prasad LEARNED this.
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For Cache Money, we'll look at the Committed points versus Actual points when calculating this "trend" over the last 6 weeks of Sprints.
What is Velocity?
Columbus Day and this holiday were added to the transfers UI for both invest and bank.
What is Veterans Day?
Ally marketing recently brought this favorite American board game to the streets of several cities.
What is Monopoly?
What is a Penalty Kick?
Stephen would really like to LEAVE this aspect of the most recent sprint.
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We're Agile....so don't worry if all the committed work doesn't get done. We'll simply decide to do this action before the next Sprint Planning ceremony occurs.
What is Carry-over?
Before this sprint, customers got frustrated that this wasn't happening in session after executing a transfer.
What is "update balances"?
Transfers can be now be initiated (in the employee pilot) from Bank and this other institution.
What is Ally Invest?
Chandra only sleeps during this time of day.
What is "never"?
Mark LEARNED this during our most recent sprint.
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Ideally, when looking at the team's burndown chart, the finished product will resemble this alphabetic "letter", showing an equal distribution between Time Spent versus Remaining Time.
What is an "X"?
This items (nick)name should either wrap or trail off with "..." when customer is on "view projections".
What are buckets?
Rob LEARNED this during the most recent sprint.
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