Planning Poker relies on relative estimating, in which the item being estimated is compared to one or more previously estimated items. It is the ratio between items that is important. An item estimated as 10 units of work (generally, story…
I spoke with a Scrum Master recently who told me his team had nearly doubled their velocity in only two months. Rather than be happy about this, though, he was concerned. He knew the team had not suddenly become twice…
People in Agile projects often get harassed by management for metrics. But are they obsolete? And if not, can classic metrics be used? Or do we need a whole new way of looking at project metrics? How do we measure…
Interview with Venkatesh Krishnamurthy in CA DevOPs Perspectives. First published in DevOps Perspectives, edition 4 “In this age of agile development, there’s an uncomfortable reality that needs to be acknowledged and that is that large scale development is still with…
Many teams have at least a moderate ability to plan and control their time. They're able to say, "We will work on these things over the coming sprint," and have a somewhat reasonable expectation of that being the case. And…
So your company has decided you’re going to use Agile on your next project or product, they need someone to lead the pilot team, and you’ve been nominated for the job. It’s time to really step up your game. Time…
If your company is like ours, you’ve implemented agile development, partly because your teams crave the freedom and flexibility to work the way they want. But you’ve probably noticed that the larger your company grows, the harder it is to keep track of…
Up to this point in this series on the 12 failure modes in agile transformation, I’ve covered topics around failure in leadership , failure in workflow and failure in congruency. These last three failure modes concern the overall sense of…
“Agile communities are everywhere, due to the immense growth of organizations adopting the Agile philosophy. I guess this growth continues as the market is struggling with traditional problems such as unhappy end users and business stakeholders, and not to mention…