... Productivity cannot be measured. ... effectiveness and hard to compare team to team. Thanks, Mike. I think you captured it well, and I agree it is ...
Hi David! I think your comments highlight an interesting point. The real problem with most measures of productivity is that they don't include any way to...
Trying to separate the productivity of the software developer from the productivity of the whole team leads to that classic error of sub optimization. How well...
The book Fowler mentioned (Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations by Robert D. Austin) is interesting. I'm just getting into it, but he's...
Yes, we cite Austin's work is part of the foundation of the measure-up slogan. The choice of numerator and denominator to use in managing an organization is ...
It seems to me that there is a big difference between measuring the productivity of an individual and measuring the productivity of a business endeavor....
Good points, Mary. I have encountered a number of companies who subscribe to what I call the "Survivor Model" of bonus structure. That is, employees are...
Thank you, Tom, for saying so well what I was trying to put into words to distribute back to the group! Over years, I continue to be irked at what I would...
Our next AMPG meeting will be on Tuesday, March 9 at 6:30-8:30 at Simacor. At our February meeting, we began by reviewing our velocities for the first and...
Thomas Becker
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Mar 4, 2004 6:18 pm
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There are quite a few points which I gleaned from the recent 'productivity-skills' discussion between David, Mary, Tom, Berosik, Mike S. Mike Cohn, Louis [I...
My favorite remark from Martin Fowler's talk was something like "To be successful, find a team and help them be successful." Did I remember that kinda right? ...
I seem to remember something along those lines. His comment was in response to someone asking "How can we foster the use of Agile Software Methodologies?" He...
Thomas Becker
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Mar 5, 2004 3:24 am
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We're a fairly new internal software development group (only been around a few years), serving the Carlson School of Management, and we've now accumulated 4-5 ...
Hi David, I'd suggest you take a look at Scrum. I think you'll find that it bridges the gap between your large and small scale planning processes and can...
Dion Stewart
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Mar 9, 2004 8:16 am
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We have been running SCRUM for about 5 months know. We have been successful at delivering functionality in each of the Sprints we have put together. The ...
... Yes, thanks! That's exactly what we are looking for. I've heard y'all talk of Scrum for some time but my only study of agile methods has been XP, so far....
In case anyone's interested, I just sent this to the scrumalliance list because there was some discussion about creating a repository of scrum case studies,...
REMINDAR: the next OTUG meeting is Tuesday, March 16th at St. Thomas in room 155 in the Murray-Herrick Building. FREE pizza will be served at 6:15 pm. The...
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I personally have not used SCRUM, but have read about it. I am also leading the AMPG group where we get a chance to experience XP on a "simulated" project. In...
Thomas Becker
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Mar 20, 2004 3:23 am
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Reminder and spread the word to your colleague and friends in the area! NOTE: the lecture will be at the BRADY CENTER at UST on Tuesday, April 20th. Please...
Howdy: Just got a postcard offering a free subscription to Software Development magazine. Software Development covers a fair number of agile topics, including ...
Reminder and spread the word to your colleague and friends in the area! NOTE: the lecture will be at the BRADY CENTER at UST on Tuesday, April 20th. Please...
Our next AMPG meeting will be on Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30-8:30 at Simacor. If you need further information or directions, see www.otug.org and follow the links...
Thomas Becker
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Apr 3, 2004 8:48 pm
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Reminder - Eric Evans will be speaking at OTUG next Tuesday, April 20th. Please spread the word to your colleague and friends in the area! NOTE: the lecture...
I will be out of the office starting 04/09/2004 and will not return until 04/16/2004. I can be reached via cell phone at 651-233-6910. If you need additional...
In general, park in a lot where one of the colors in the background of the lot letter matches the color of your parking permit. Now that the official stuff is...
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