With all the excitement around estimates, it was time to build “What Mike Said”. Heading into a 2-day hack-a-thon, we were being encouraged to work on ideas that would bring benefit, without needing to relate to any of the Company’s top priority items. The beauty team were offering shiny new… Read More »What Mike Said
I’m torn. I’ve grown up (professionally) believing that estimates are the best way to guide, direct and drive a business. Not just in tech either; even my first job had targets and budgets that were based on estimates. Suddenly, this bedrock of planning has been shattered: most estimates that I’ve… Read More »No Estimates
Estimation is always a hot topic, but it appears to particularly popular at the moment. One unifying belief (from Planning Poker to #NoEstimates) seems to be that we are not very good at estimating. But is that really true? Sure, if you are precise with your estimate, then you are… Read More »How accurate are your estimates?
What is the difference between an epic and a theme? What is a story? Is a task testable in its own right? Can you work on an epic in a sprint? The opening session of the London Agile Discussion Group (LADG) looked at these basic terms to see if there… Read More »Theme, Epic, Story, Task
So, you want to make progress in 2014? Perhaps you have a new business venture that you want to start? Perhaps you just want to improve yourself? Either way, chances are that you will run out of steam pretty quickly. However, there is hope. I am highly productive and motivated,… Read More »How to get things done
The prize for the most popular retrospective of 2013 goes to … my retro in a pub where we played Jenga. Thanks to my Marmite Voting system, I am able to confirm that the most popular retrospective by far was the one where we held the retro in the local… Read More »The best retro of 2013
“Have you read The Goal by Eli Goldratt? If not, you’re in for a treat.” This was a statement made by Chris Young at LKUK13 which, although it was said about every book he mentioned, was very true. I was in for a treat. Although it was written nearly 30 years… Read More »The Goal
I promise that I will do my best To do my duty to God and to the Queen To help other people And to keep the Cub Scout Law. ~ The Cub Scout Promise I repeated that phrase, which I knew verbatim, each week for a good portion of my… Read More »Back to basics
Is your business agile? Yes? Are you sure? Do you mean that your IT team is agile or do you mean that the whole of your business is working in an agile way? I keep speaking to people who say “we are an agile company” but, upon further discussion, find… Read More »Is your business really agile?
Let’s pretend that your data (it could be anything, but those who know Kanban might want to pretend it’s Lead Time) is: 13, 18, 13, 14, 13, 16, 14, 21,13 The control chart that results from that data looks something like this: So what are those two red lines?… Read More »Standard Deviation
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