Posts Tagged: release plan
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
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
Fast, Cheap, Good
Fast, cheap, good: you can have any two. I’ll give you my view on this intriguing quote. Fast & Cheap This is an appealing combination. Develop fast so resource and overhead costs are lower and time to market is quicker.
Fast, Cheap, Good
Fast, cheap, good: you can have any two. I’ll give you my view on this intriguing quote. Fast & Cheap This is an appealing combination. Develop fast so resource and overhead costs are lower and time to market is quicker.
Agile project success factors
This week our team successfully put the first release of our application in production. In scope, in time and in budget. It doesn’t get better than this. I wanted to share with you what I think were the major success
Agile project success factors
This week our team successfully put the first release of our application in production. In scope, in time and in budget. It doesn’t get better than this. I wanted to share with you what I think were the major success
Estimating a city trip
Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,
Estimating a city trip
Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,
