This is part two of a three part series Time box: A Holistic View on Sprints and Iterations Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. ~ Parkinson’s Law, Cyril Northcote Parkinson On Risk Reduction Teams talk some good game when they sell Agile to their organizational leaders: real software in [...]
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Without freedom, one’s creativity cannot bloom. ~ Dalai Lama On Creativity In his 2005 A Survey of Organizational Creativity, Wayne Morris of New Zealand found that 2 of the top 3 Factors that facilitate or enhance organizational creativity are Time and Space/resources to pursue ideas. Google stands as a preeminent topic brought up by software [...]
Over the last few years we’ve seen a growing discontent around the idea of Iterations or Sprints. It excites me that the software community is actively engaged in questioning the long held canon of Agile practices. Through these explorations we as an industry will find a greater depth of understanding. Over time this can only [...]
One of the important aspects of Scrum and the more fundamental concept incremental delivery is building Done software each iteration. There are a lot of holes in that statement, but that makes sense; Scrum is full of holes… on purpose. If you want answers rather than a framework built for learning, Agile ain’t for you. [...]
I’ve always received great feedback when describing the cone of uncertainty to groups on a whiteboard using events in time rather than simply an abstract timeline. Today I put a graphic together that I can easily share or refer to. Thought I’d post it for others as well. Feel free to use it and let [...]