Mike- At the worst case a sprint review meeting (held once a month at the end of the sprint) would uncover functionality that you thought was delivered but ...
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Mike
mikeborozdin
Apr 26, 2003 12:55 am
Ok, great, so what I am hearing is that the extension of this log to have a tester and the PM sign off on the feature completion seems like a good addition. ...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 26, 2003 1:14 am
In general I don$B!G(Bt know that I like the idea of signing things off-that always delays things as people are reluctant to put their name on a dotted line....
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Clarke Ching
clarkeching
Apr 26, 2003 6:54 am
Hi Mike, Why do you think the developers gave incorrect feedback (or lied)? Did they not trust the new PM? Clarke Ching Scotland ... From: Mike...
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Mike
mikeborozdin
Apr 26, 2003 11:25 pm
I don't really know why people gave incorrect feedback. I don't believe anyone purposefully plans on lying. There could be several reasons for it: sometimes...
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Deb
debhart9
Apr 27, 2003 7:46 pm
I have seen this also: colleagues who have the hardest time to "raise a red flag" when problems cause delays. In my experience they are also, often, among the...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 27, 2003 8:18 pm
The daily scrum helps protect against this. Even if I don't want to admit I'm having troubles with task A it is hard for me to hide that for long. a) Either I...
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Dean Goodmanson
goodmansond
Apr 28, 2003 12:19 pm
... workers ... In light of "Seek help only when you've exhausted all your resources", that statement was something I'm glad to see articulated. Mike Cohn's...
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Hal Macomber
HalMac3
Apr 28, 2003 12:48 pm
I'm wondering about the experience people have with pair programming. I would guess there would be less of a problem 'raising the flag'. First, with two...
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Mike Beedle
beedlem
Apr 28, 2003 2:46 pm
... True, but I would argue that the combination of Daily Scrums, Pairing, Continuous Integration, Daily Build, Unit Tests, and Acceptance Tests, make it...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 28, 2003 3:00 pm
I disagree but only in the subtle cases. If I'm charged with writing a piece of code and work with a pair to do it we may get it to a certain point that my...
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Mike
mikeborozdin
Apr 28, 2003 3:09 pm
Mike, While SCRUM makes misrepresentation of progress A LOT harder then any other project management methodology it can happen (or at least did happen to me...
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Hal Macomber
HalMac3
Apr 28, 2003 3:37 pm
So all of what you say seems possible -- for some period of time. And it is true that people lie, shade the truth, and leave out important details. If we are...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 28, 2003 3:46 pm
Good points, Hal. I think Scrum and XP do a better job of bringing these types of things to light than anything else I've read about, seen or tried. I just...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Apr 28, 2003 4:34 pm
... I wonder whether "seek help the moment it might improve your situation" would be a better rule to live by. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com It is a bad...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Apr 28, 2003 4:34 pm
... As I become more and more familiar with a particular pair, I'm more and more ready to express confusion or ignorance the moment I notice it. I get more and...
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Hal Macomber
HalMac3
Apr 28, 2003 4:47 pm
I like Ron's articulation of the rule, "Seek help the moment it might improve your situation." I've written about my frustration with a programmer who...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 28, 2003 4:49 pm
It undoubtedly would but that is so hard to get people to do. I try to encourage people to get to the point where they feel they've asked for help too early as...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 28, 2003 4:57 pm
Ron-- I'm surprised and disappointed by the "nearly." That shakes my whole worldview. :) -Mike ... From: Ron Jeffries [mailto:ronjeffries@...] Sent:...
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Hal Macomber
HalMac3
Apr 28, 2003 5:01 pm
This pair programming thing has tremendous potential as a model for design and engineering work of all types. As we near deadlines my partner and I default to...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Apr 28, 2003 5:07 pm
... Think how dull life would be if there were nothing else to learn. The road to Mastery is long -- especially from where I seem to be standing at the moment....
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John Gilman
gilmanj_2000
Apr 28, 2003 5:12 pm
Musings - What are some of the things that lead a developer to not "seek help the moment it might improve the situation?" 1. Poor sprint/project goal...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Apr 28, 2003 5:24 pm
On #1, it's been my experience that this is almost universal with recent college graduates. My theory is that they are used to every professor grading them...
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Bishop, Murray
murray_bishop
Apr 29, 2003 12:17 am
Hi John Gilman. ... Yes. Increment developer competence ;-) What are some of the things you do to encourage that? Best, Murray (61 3) 9207 3967...
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Jeff Sutherland
jsutherland
Apr 29, 2003 12:42 am
Leonardo, As you will see from some of the slides in my Scrum Theory presentation, 2-3 person teams are twice as productive as 7 person teams. Seven person...
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Mary Poppendieck
mpoppendieck
Apr 29, 2003 3:41 pm
I recently ran into yet another reason why people do not raise a red flag when things are not going well. I was at a site where extremely time-critical...
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Hal Macomber
HalMac3
Apr 29, 2003 4:10 pm
Mary's note reminds me of a study done about 11 years ago on the state of uncertainty in projects. The results were published in a paper by Glenn Ballard and...
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Jeff Sutherland
jsutherland
Apr 29, 2003 7:34 pm
Mary, This is why Jarzombek reported in 1999 that out of a total cost of $37 on DOD projects analyzed, 75% failed or were never used and only 2% were used ...
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Leonardo Gabriel Moreno
gab00ar
Apr 30, 2003 3:38 am
Thank you, Jeff. It was very helpful ... Leonardo, As you will see from some of the slides in my Scrum Theory presentation, 2-3 person teams are twice as...
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Stephen Haberman
f1l1t0v
Apr 30, 2003 5:36 am
Hello, I'm just starting to do some project management and have read through the SCRUM book a time or two and am looking forward to using SCRUM ideas on an up...
