I am interested to know about your experiences with scrum and projects that didn't meet expectations. Is anyone else willing to discuss when things went wrong?
Robin.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Robin Dymond <rdymond@...> wrote:
Here is a new blog entry I thought would be of interest.
It is hard to talk about failure. However when you work with many
projects and many teams, the odds are good you will experience them.
Last year I had such a learning experience, and one year later it is
far enough away that I feel I can talk publicly about it. This project
started with the best of intentions.... :) http://www.innovel.net/?page_id=13
Here is a new blog entry I thought would be of interest. It is hard to talk about failure. However when you work with many projects and many teams, the odds...
I am interested to know about your experiences with scrum and projects that didn't meet expectations. Is anyone else willing to discuss when things went wrong?...
... projects that ... things went ... Robin: Thanks for the courage it takes to post something like this. We had a somewhat similar experience years ago where...
One of my interests is climbing. When I was a member of the Alpine Club of Canada there was an annual journal called "The Journal of Alpine Accidents."...
We should talk about failures and successes. We can learn from both. CPI is about understanding what doesn't work so that we can move forward on an upward...
In October 2006 it was reported in the press in Australia that the the Australian Customs Service had implemented a system that had dramatically failed. The...
Roy Morien
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May 19, 2008 7:49 am
... Brilliant! Also this must be uncontrolled spiral of costs, otherwise there would have been some attempt at getting a benefit, by the time two times the...
We have to stop perpetuating the myth of the over-budget project. Projects do not go "over budget". That points the finger of blame at the development team,...
... circles. ... This is one of the myopic views that Scrum has, in my opinion. It focuses on the project after it has been approved and says little on how to...
I'm not so sure that's myopia, but just that it's out of scope for Scrum. Like any other tool, Scrum has a particular purpose. It isn't meant to solve every...
... I'm fine if you want to say it is out of scope. You are probably right that myopic has a negative connotation that I don't mean to imply. Most of the...
Alan Just briefly on your point of projects failing because of problems in the organisation outside the scope of scrum... I'm a great believer in the view that...
Richard Scott-Will-Ha...
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May 26, 2008 12:57 am
... in ... his ... Management ... honest ... sponsor ... well ... you ... walk ... Richard: Very good points. This is consistent with my views as well. Scrum...
Both views (Alan's and woynam's) seem right to me, from their own perspectives. Projects can be spun off with a certain budget set, and can be kept "under...
In other words, the 'iron triangle' prevails ... you cannot hold cost, time and scope all constant. Somethings gotta give. So, have a firm target completion...
Roy Morien
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May 26, 2008 2:08 am
Scrum isn't myopic, it is focused to managing complex projects. Mike Cohn and others have filled in such areas as planning with his books on "Agile Planning...
Hi Ken, Fews Questions below: * Do you think there is any (any) shortcomings in the Scrum? * Do think if anybody (any stakeholders) give their desired features...
Hi, Very interesting questions, and although directed to Ken, I'll try my hand on them as well. ... No, other than it being really hard to do right. It's so...
... Mike Cohn ... on "Agile ... of the ... until he/she ... doesn't ... In an earlier post I said saying that Scrum had limited scope might be a better choice...
Perhaps we should take that as a backhanded compliment. my·op'ic: A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in...
With this project (the one I originally posted on) the Statement of Work with the big 3 consulting firm made no sense. I used this opportunity to implement a...
Hi Robin Is this agile contract of yours able to be made available to the group? If not, could you provide the key points that the contract consisted of? This...
(responding to Mark) ... I believe that one of the essential aspects of agility is growing the ability to deal with an ever larger range of risks as they...
... on ... aren't ... I actually have never said (and wouldn't say) Scrum is short- sighted. I believe it is right sighted. That is, it looks the right ...
... beginning of ... I've found that a significant improvement can be made if you get people away from thinking that they are purchasing a product and move...
... Hi Landry, This is interesting! Can you elaborate more on what you mean by goal? Do you have any work or findings on the above which proves your claim....
This is an interesting and valid point ... customers are purchasing a development activity, not a product. It is not like buying a car ... it is like...
Roy Morien
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May 26, 2008 2:03 am
... I believe the analogy in itself to be true, but contrary to these people you describe, I believe that the analogy only proves the case for iterative/agile ...
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