Sun.Jul 10, 2016

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Reinforcement for running retrospectives

Kiron Bondale

Retrospectives are a common, regularly practiced ceremony on projects managed using an agile delivery method. But why stop there? There’s no reason that retrospectives couldn’t be applied to traditional projects too, it’s just that some improvement ideas might not be immediately applicable in a non-iterative lifecycle. But won’t it cost a lot more effort to conduct regular retrospectives rather than waiting till we get to the end of our projects?

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A collection of #NoEstimates Responses

Herding Cats

The question of the viability of #NoEstimates starts with a simple principles based notion. Can you make a non-trivial (NOT de minimis) decision in the presence of uncertainty without estimating? The #NoEstimates advocates didn’t start there. They started with “Estimates are a waste, stop doing them.” Those advocates also started with the notion that estimates are a waste for the developers.

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Maintaining control

Musings on Project Management

At "herding cats" there a good list of control elements in a posting I read, interesting enough that I offer the short version here: Short term feedback - what's happening right in front of me? What do I need to do NOW to maintain stability, to survive for the next 10 feet on the trail Long term feedback - I see things coming.[project managers are paid the big bucks to see around corners!