Negotiable| Glossary

 

Definition

The ‘N’ in ‘INVEST (discussed previously) stands for ‘Negotiable’. It’s meant to signify that the negotiability of the user stories, and their flexible, non-rigid nature. It is a collaborative feature and thus does not prescribe to any strict framework at any time.

Further Reading

  • For more on Negotiable, read here.
Book Series

Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams | Book Series

Overview:

The author of the book projects on the diverse issues and challenges faced by a distributed teams in the project development phase, from cultural differences to lingual, political, geographical and more. The primary goal of this book is to bring harmony among the project teams distributed in different geographical locations by applying the foremost modern agility principles. This book gives you a clear overview of how to carefully sort out the conflicts in a project through collective collaboration, integrating efforts and processes to deliver a better product.

The author Eckstein shares the experiences of a real Practitioner in short stories and covers a wide range of topics, which include:

  • Introducing Agility to global projects
  • Individual contribution towards development of better product
  • Customized project plan for success
  • How to plan virtual retrospectives?
  • Team velocity, iterations, releases and much more

Author:

Jutta Eckstein

Published In:

2010