[jamespaden]

Who breaks the work down: you or the PM?

Does the PM ever bother you to get the status of something, or is it always clear from the kanban board? I've seen the "bug the developer for a status update" move a lot in the past.

Agreeing on the API contract seems like a fantastic way to streamline the process!

[mattbrewsbytes]

The PM breaks down the work and we talk about new items as a team weekly, I (or devs) break down purely engineering work. The board is the status - its in progress, code review or getting tested. There are discussions on things as people work them - that's the small "a" agile practice of "individuals and interactions over processes and tools". Let those minor details get figured out as you work it rather than have everything planned, documented, etc.

[jamespaden]

Thanks for the insight!