... I was interpreting the terms used by the OP as: Remaining time: the sum of the time estimates for all non-completed tasks. Effort: the sum of the point...
Hello, Roy. On Saturday, February 28, 2009, at 11:03:51 PM, you ... Millions of years of evolution? ... This is simply not true. Many developers, if not most,...
Yes, Ron, a good response to my email. But I was assuming that my comments would be seen within the context of a Scrum development activity, where changes are...
Roy Morien
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Robert, Isn't this a question of the learning curve for a different way of working? The people who have that sort of misunderstanding still haven't figured out...
Hi Fredrik, ... Well, I wasn't picking on you particularly; it seemed as if some participants in the discussion were focusing on tactical work-arounds to...
Robert, Your comment reminds me of the notion of treating requirements as real options; one of the popular trends these days. Sure, there's no final and...
Good observations. I suspect what made that presentation effective wasn't necessarily that the drawings were low fidelity compared with PowerPoint slides, but...
Once I would have thought so, yes. But I am seeing it still, even in some well-established teams. I am not really sure why, or even if there is only one...
Yes, that seems sensible to me. But I don't think it's the whole story. For example, as well as making decisions that are the best we can do right now, we can...
Of course. I might order it, try it, and decide I don't like it. Then order something different next time. Or even this time: that way I have something to feed...
... This approach, it seems to me, is well-established in "Agile", as for example in the XP "Spike". Further, I would think that if a PO said "I'd like to get...
I don't think this analogy is working particularly well. We're more like cooks than diners. And cooks try lots of things in various ways before deciding on a...
... This is a pleasing and comforting notion, but unfortunately it is all too often a fantasy. Many Scrum shops have a long history of piling impossible lists...
In the studies I do, I don't see it as established as it should be. And yes, it makes sense to for POs to explain hesitance and exploration as the context for...
Hi Robert, I definitely agree about the importance of exploring the space. Some teams do that sort of thing. There are even some organizations that encourage...
Well, I have had considerable success in gaining user confidence by telling them that they can ask for anything, anytime ... then telling them that the crunch...
Roy Morien
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Mar 1, 2009 5:22 pm
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... Ron, Very true. Isn't this to be expected during a transitional period? There's a lot of "inertia" behind that sort of thinking; not just in "Scrum shops,"...
Mike Hill and Josh Kerievsky have stopped using the term Unit Tests because of the "baggage" the term carries from prior use. They now use Microtest. Perhaps...
... stories ... team ... that ... Because it's easier i guess. I think it has to do with our vertical slices being pretty deep at times. We're developing a...
... That's not my view. It's not even a decent misinterpretation of my view. It's not even a decent intentional mischaracterization of my veiw. Ron Jeffries ...
Hello, davenicolette. On Sunday, March 1, 2009, at 12:25:17 PM, ... Certainly. That's why Roy's rosy picture isn't very accurate. ... Well I do work at a...
... This idea sounds like splitting the story horizontally and yet calling the slices "stories" so you can pretend they're vertical slices. Documentation alone...
Many of those who post questions on this list seem to aim for a very high degree of predictability. There is a lot of good advice, starting with the popular...
... It's easier because they haven't developed the skill of small vertical stories. Why do you say "of course?" I would consider making the configuration a ...
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