Hello everybody! We've had these dinner & agile talk events internally @ Reaktor, but why not open up the forum a bit with Agile Finland? So let's eat & drink...
... It looks like I might have blurted that out wihtout getting my head straight. Now that you mentioned it, I couldn't find where I got that idea in the first...
Hello everyone There is still some room for the wednesday's informal Agile discussion & good time session. So if you have had thoughts of coming but aren't...
Hi, Just to spread the word, the call for session for XPday Hamburg this November is out: -Lasse- ... XPday Hamburg, 24.11.2006 CALL FOR SESSIONS Conference...
Hi all, Yesterday's agile dinner was a great event, many thanks to Reaktor for organizing it. At least we at the smaller 6 person table had a really ...
Hello, Very nice to hear that you liked the event. We've also found these useful in the past, but bringing out people from different organizations together...
Jack Järkvik, vice-president of Ericsson AB, give a keynote at XP2006: "Extreme and Lean in LARGE projects" I was surprised to find that Ericsson has used an...
Interesting. I hope that they mean more than the "daily build and feature teams". Ericsson has published some articles about that. I know some ex-ericsson...
Hi! I've been lurking here for some time and it's great to see more action recently. I'm based in Tampere and really envious of all the activity in Helsinki....
... Risks, costs and benefits to a customer. 1) Risks: Customer is afraid of taking responsibility of getting there 2) Costs: Customer wants to know how much...
Hi, ... With quality, reliability, and value for investment... ... ...which is exactly why it's difficult to "sell" an agile project. What you're selling is...
... Tampere has really been quiet, but not completely dead. We really should organize some real agile action here. Anyone at Tampere interested in agile-chat,...
... Might I suggest setting up a wiki page as well when something starts to happen? Some of us visit Tampere occasionally and it would be nice to know if...
... I won't be there due to a schedule collision with RailsConf, but I'm definitely interested in agile beers around Tampere. //jarkko -- Jarkko Laine ...
Hi, The previous answers were already pretty good... but anyways. For convincing people I typically start out with: 1. Pointing out that the waterfall method...
Others have covered important points well, but I'd like to add a bit more: You are most likely to succeed with a client who's used to buying hours of work...
Hi, yes tampere activity would be definitely welcome. I am based in tampere and would be most willing to have "agile" discussions with anybody interested :-). ...
Hi all, and thanks for the swath of answers. I'll just reply to this one, but I did read them all and your answers did help me in understanding my situation....
... The important difference between building a house and building software is that ordering a house is just manufacturing, whereas ordering a custom piece of...
... This is a good point. However in every house building project there are some customizations, and there you are should do planning and having short...
... I think the very core of the problem with ordering software (products) is that people think they can buy a customized software package like they were...
Mika J Viljanen
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... Well, I'm making an assumption here, but I think you DO want agility. You just don't want the uncertainty that goes with it. You really DO want to be able...
... If you consider "risk" as "not knowing exactly what you will get, when, and at what cost", I'm not sure what we can do beyond buffering estimates. Agile...
... Well, I agree that this is probably unsolvable in the traditional sense. It's a classic negotiation case, really: the buyer wants to pay as little as...
... If we follow for instance scrum strictly and do "sashimi" where all features implemented in a sprint are "complete" (thus documented, implemented, tested...
Hi! This discussion just wont stop, great job everyone! IMHO the real risk in agile methods is that the agile contracting company is not doing what they tell...
Hi, ... Note that also the agile team has to pass acceptance tests. And they have to do it every iteration. This doesn't do much towards being able to sue, of...
... Yes, I suppose it would help, but really the house project is only sustainable after the house is ready for moving and the previous apartment has been sold...
... Nobody wants to buy a half-finished product. If you're working off a working product adding new features (i.e. in maintenance/upgrade mode), that's fine as...
