An interesting discussion came up on the Disciplined
Agile Delivery discussion group on LinkedIn. Scott Ambler asked the
question, "Is the chicken and pig analogy disrespectful?" The chicken and pig
analogy is common in scrum. In case you haven’t heard it, it’s based on an old
joke:
A...
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April 8, 2014 4:36:PM
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Steve McConnell
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When I get asked for an estimate, my first response is not a cost, a date, or a functionality number. It is not even #NoEstimates. My first response is a question: "What type of 'estimate' do you want?"
What I need to know is what will the questioner do with my estimate. I usually see six action types:
They need to make a high probability (practically guaranteed) commitment to somebody else
They need to make a go/no-go decision
They need...
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August 26, 2013 12:41:PM
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Earl Beede
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Practicing Earl
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Agile, humor, estimation
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July 16, 2013 2:07:PM
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Steve McConnell
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I just finished reading the Scrum Alliance’s 2013 ‘State of Scrum’ report , and was reminded of the joke about how the pessimist and the optimist both believe we live in the best of all possible worlds....
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July 2, 2013 5:46:PM
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John Clifford
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Retrospectives
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Agile, Scrum
Ain't isn't really a word but people use it, so does that make
it de facto a word? The gurus tell us user stories are not
requirements but people keep using them that way so do we need to
treat them as requirements?
Actually, why don't we have requirements on agile projects? I
think it is because Agile is making two bets at the beginning of a
project.
Given the desire for a fixed schedule, the scope-what we will
build-will flex so you don't want to call...
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May 9, 2013 12:12:PM
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Earl Beede
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Practicing Earl
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user_story, Agile, humor, requirements
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April 17, 2013 6:38:PM
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Steve McConnell
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I host an executive discussion group in the Seattle area called the Executive Council for Software Excellence (ECSE). We meet monthly at our offices in Bellevue, usually on the second Monday of each month. The group focuses on enterprise-level software development issues. This is a great opportunity to network and compare challenges and solutions with other executives who, we have found, tend to be wrestling with the same issues you are.
To keep the discussions focused, the group...
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April 1, 2013 8:00:PM
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Steve McConnell
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10x Software Development
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executives, executive, ecse
A colleague asked me the following question:
Assume you were asked to assess a software development team from outside of the organization (that might occur as due diligence or some other context), and you had full access to all internal artifacts of the organization, but you were not allowed to talk directly with anyone from inside. To what degree could you evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the software team just from reviewing just their work, without...
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March 13, 2013 6:53:PM
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Steve McConnell
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Consulting, requirements, software development, classic mistakes, Construx Software, Team Productivity
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December 21, 2012 5:29:PM
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Steve McConnell
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