I guess it's fashionable now to bash 'Agile', which to Mr. Hunter translates into more business for him from people who see it as a threat. Forget Moore's...
I don't do fixed price bids anymore for substantial projects. I tend to look for an opportunity to first do some work to improve the ability to estimate...
Gack. what a disgrace. Seems like you aren't letting it get you down! BTW: I worked with probably one of the best teams ever for many years in St. Petersburg,...
Excellent requests... It is very hard to watch a project grow organically via a PPT... I have often thought this sort of "documentation" would be invaluable, ...
There's a hypothetical case study overviewed on the agile modeling site. - Scott Scott W. Ambler Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Software Group Agile at...
There is another way to make a profit on fixed price and scope projects, which is to: - Underbid in order to get the project, but make change orders expensive,...
That's a fine way to lose confidence. I'd prefer to examine what the customer says he wants, prepare a bid, and then go tell'em (to as high a person as you...
... asked ... Yes -- this is a common anti-pattern. The viscosity caused by the need to manage change in a contractual environment is normally a killer. The...
I've done fixed bid many times. I walk the customer through all the user stories the customer can think of (typically about 20-100), and estimate each one. I...
... I was not advocating that approach, just saying that being profitable at fixed price contracting does not imply being accurate on the estimations. ... ...
Or, wildly overbid and have an "in" with the client. Point being to all of this, the whole inaccurate fixed-price/scope/schedule can lead to less than ideal...
yea, aka timeboxing... we do that too on smaller projects that are fairly reasonably well defined. jon blog: TechnicalDebt.com <http://technicaldebt.com> View...
Hi Guys, If you are located in Belgium and are interested in the insights of Dr Ivar Jacobson, we will have the pleasure of having him live in a nice place on ...
I have no use for "Bureaucracy"/"Politics" call it what you may... either is a monkey wrench thrown in the Harley Davidson... both are a sure fire method of...
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GW asked: "Which poses a question... what problem(s) are these disciplines really solving?" Unemployment? Best wishes, Dagna ____________________________ Dagna...
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Special session on Model Driven Architecture at SETP-09: call for papers, There is a special session on Model Driven Architecture at the 2009 International...
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: March 31, 2009 Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics: Technologies, Theories and Applications A...
Hello all I'm working on a project due 12/31. Don't ask. While I am working on it a thought struck me. Fortunately it didn't hurt much. Whether it is a...
Ah, those nasty real world problems. Don't you know that it's far easier to ignore the real world and focus on... Never mind, yes there are significant ...
(responding to Steve) ... I'd hope more frequently than quarterly but it depends... ... Well, given our stated Agile values and principles, what would you...
It is hard to know how to answer without more details of *your* situation... But in general, your team's activities should be whatever makes sense for the...
Does this company know that they want? I have seen projects go belly-up, because companies only know what they like based on what they see.... and want that......
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Does this company know that they want? I have seen projects go belly-up, because companies only know what they like based on what they see.... and want that......
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... It is absurd to suggest that the development team (or its "architect") should know more about the business than the customer. There are many ways to go...
In this case I have no specific situation to address. This is a bit of an academic discussion to keep the thinking from getting too dull during the heavy...
A few thoughts: 1. You might want to look into the EUP which explictly includes a production phase (and a retirement phase for that matter). The production...
... Agility is about adapting to feedback from the real world. You might always start with the same process for each engagement, but you should never end up...
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