by arin | Jul 7, 2011 | Agile
What’s the deal with story points and agile estimation techniques, and why can’t we just improve our estimates over time? That’s part of the question that a friend of mine asked recently, and I’m going to respond to it in this blog post. My...
by arin | Jun 24, 2011 | Agile
Have you ever been asked for a rough estimate, and then later regretted giving a “rough” estimate because the customer tried to hold you to it? A familiar story This week I spoke with an agile coaching colleague of mine, and he relayed a story that rang...
by arin | Feb 22, 2011 | Agile, User Group Reports
About a month ago I was working with a team planning another iteration for the project, when we had an interesting discussion about how to manage our burndown. On all of our previous sprints, our burndowns were based on hours. That is, for each day of the sprint,...
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