I've posted a new chapter on "tracking progress" at http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agileplanning/. It's chapter 17. This chapter includes a discussion of...
Hi Mike, This chapter was a good read. I liked the sail boat metaphor for navigating a project. I also took interest in your "Task Board" approach. Once...
... 17. Mike, I really like this chapter a great deal. As I was reading your sailing analogy I realized that it also helps me explain the problem with...
the idea of a burn down chart for an iteration is great. I'm going to draw it up as soon as i get back in. I hope it will help the team measure themselves...
The chapter gets off to a great start by reminding me of a song I really like and a book I really liked (_Longitude..._) All the analogies are great, the lawn...
... A real task board could even benefit from using colors for these. Let's say a red X for stuff not tested and a green checkmark for tests that are done. ...
Thanks for the suggestions, Lisa. I'll change the X to a checkmark. I played with drawing a trend line on the graph but couldn't get it to look right (and not...
Thanks, John. I'm glad you liked this chapter. I've found the sailboat analogy very useful in explaining how to measure progress. --Mike Cohn Author of User...
Hi Bill-- I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks for letting me know. Whenever I have a task that is shared between two stories, I'll associate it with one...
Simon-- Thank you for the detailed reply. You hit the nail on the head as to what I think the book is missing and what I need to reorganize it around. Here's...
Hi- I've got a new chapter posted. This is chapter 21 on "Advanced Project Economics." This is the chapter that I mentioned before I've been unsure of ...
Firstly, I'll add my support for the sailing metaphor. Nice. However, I got a bit thrown by the figure 17.1 of the forces at work on the boat! I'm curious as...
I was asked today way "velocity is better than straight forward estimating", and in my reply I wanted to reference something in the book samples, but couldn't...
Karl-- Good points. --I should include some mention of how to average velocity. I do the same as you. --The ship sails to the left because that was the default...
Hi Mike, This was a good description of topics like Net Present value that I wish I could have used for my MBA Finance class earlier this year. Given your...
I've written the examples in the text multiple ways. For example, sometimes I've written "suppose the project will cost $600,000." Other times I've said,...
I think $.6 Million or $600,000 would be appropriate. I have no opinion on the $. -- Kent J. McDonald kent@... Master your instrument, master the music,...
Hello, I like read text with units, because it is to me near from reality, as well I don't like US-Centric, just because I'm a brazilian. I hope you've been...
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Hi Mike, ... sometimes I've written "suppose the project will cost $600,000." Other times I've said, "suppose the project will cost $600" And still others are...
Thanks, Samuel. I feel guilty every time I type $. That's why I tried unit-less a little in the latest chapter. --Mike Cohn Author of User Stories Applied for...
This is an interesting approach. I'm intrigued, except I'd hate to have to introduce the idea more than once (and multiple chapters have currency amounts in...
Do others prefer to see a reasonable number of zeroes? That is a $600,000 project instead of a $600 project? ($600,000 would buy a couple of nice houses in...
I like Bu600. Extra zeros just take up space, considering that I doubt anyone would actually use 6 significant digits (the 3 extra zeros would just be a...
I like the made-up symbol idea. Our brains will think in whatever currency we're comfortable with. -- Lisa ... have to ... currency ... symbol. That ... Other...
I think the audience is wider than just software developers, but Bill make some good points. I personally have a hard time reading the chapter (the narratives ...
No need to invent a currency symbol. There's already a standard universal currency sign, U+00A4, between the pound sterling sign and the yen sign. As for...
Hi, I have joined this group recently. I was directed to the group while searching information on "Use Case Points". Excellent work Mike. While going through...
Thanks, Lisa. --Mike Cohn Author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development www.mountaingoatsoftware.com www.userstories.com ... From: Lisa Crispin...
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