Agile
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The Case for and Against Estimates, Part 2
In the first part of this series, I said I liked order-of-magnitude estimates. I also like targets in lieu of…
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The Case for and Against Estimates, Part 3
In Part 1, I discussed order-of-magnitude estimates and targets. In part 2, I said how estimates can be misused. In…
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Agile Economics: Scale 3D
When we started talking about scaling, we said that organizations are looking for a cure. The pain is slow delivery.…
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The Case for and Against Estimates, Part 1
After the article I referenced in Moving to Agile Contracts was published, there was a little kerfuffle on Twitter. Some…
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Workshop outputs from How Architects nurture Technical Excellence
Workshop background Earlier this week, I ran a workshop at the first ever Agile Europe conference organised by the Agile…
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When is Agile Wrong for You?
People often ask me, “When is agile right or not right for a project?” I’ve said before that if the…
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Velocity is Not Acceleration
I see a lot of confusion around velocity in new-to-agile teams. Too many people treat velocity as an acceleration measurement. That…
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A Retrospective in the Park
The other day, I facilitated a sprint retrospective in the park. The sun was shining, and we had all been…
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Management for the masses?
This is an important post. This is the ninth blog post in my mini-series on management, it is the blog…
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