Posts Tagged: planning
Forget about poker planning
Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,
Forget about poker planning
Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,
Is Quality Negotiable?
Yesterday during the monthly Agile Belgium Drinkup (which is an informal user group meeting), the never-ending discussion “Is Quality Negotiable?” led to some interesting thoughts. Most people in software development have experienced the moment in a project where the quality
Is Quality Negotiable?
Yesterday during the monthly Agile Belgium Drinkup (which is an informal user group meeting), the never-ending discussion “Is Quality Negotiable?” led to some interesting thoughts. Most people in software development have experienced the moment in a project where the quality
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
Your management doesn’t care about speed!
That’s right, I’ve said it. Your management doesn’t care about development speed. Wait a minute! Didn’t they try to push our limits all these years? Trying to get us to do more work in less time? True, but let’s take
Your management doesn’t care about speed!
That’s right, I’ve said it. Your management doesn’t care about development speed. Wait a minute! Didn’t they try to push our limits all these years? Trying to get us to do more work in less time? True, but let’s take
An iteration gone astray
Imagine this situation. You’re in the middle of an iteration and your burn down chart shows that at the current pace, your team is not going to finish all that was planned. In most organizations, this means talking to senior
An iteration gone astray
Imagine this situation. You’re in the middle of an iteration and your burn down chart shows that at the current pace, your team is not going to finish all that was planned. In most organizations, this means talking to senior
Agile? That’s just for hippies and beatniks!
People who discover agile, sometimes get this kind of 1st impression: Agile, that’s just for hippies and beatniks! We’re running a serious business here! Sure, these agile guys are doing lots of strange things, but does that mean they
Agile? That’s just for hippies and beatniks!
People who discover agile, sometimes get this kind of 1st impression: Agile, that’s just for hippies and beatniks! We’re running a serious business here! Sure, these agile guys are doing lots of strange things, but does that mean they
Holiday velocity
An agile team is known by its capability to plan as a team. The team commits to a certain amount of features to be realized within a certain amount of time. They often use historical data to determine how much
Holiday velocity
An agile team is known by its capability to plan as a team. The team commits to a certain amount of features to be realized within a certain amount of time. They often use historical data to determine how much
Comment on Fixing the Tech Industry’s Management Problem
After reading the post ‘Fixing the Tech Industry’s Management Problem’ by Steve Toback, my fingers started to tingle. I had to reflect on this. Let me try to summarize his words. Steve claims that most management teams in the technology
Comment on Fixing the Tech Industry’s Management Problem
After reading the post ‘Fixing the Tech Industry’s Management Problem’ by Steve Toback, my fingers started to tingle. I had to reflect on this. Let me try to summarize his words. Steve claims that most management teams in the technology
Visualizing adaptive vs predictive
I’ve been trying to visualize the difference between adaptive and predictive planning. This might be a good summary: Don’t plan too far in the future or you‘re going to miss out on a lot of opportunities.
Visualizing adaptive vs predictive
I’ve been trying to visualize the difference between adaptive and predictive planning. This might be a good summary: Don’t plan too far in the future or you‘re going to miss out on a lot of opportunities.
