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...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 1, 2003 4:31 pm
Dan-- First, sorry for the greatly delayed response. I've been buried and haven't had time to look at the chapter. Good point. I corrected the text (I'd left ...
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Mike Beedle
beedlem
May 2, 2003 9:38 am
Scrum/XBreed beats the odds once again and delivers in 2+ months a comprehensive high quality Hipaa Privacy solution for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee ...
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Mike Beedle
beedlem
May 2, 2003 9:38 am
... From: Mike Cohn [mailto:mike@...] ... Mike, Just to compare notes -- the numbers we use/like are substantially different. We typically...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 2, 2003 4:46 pm
I was referring to the estimating we do based on the very preliminary user stories in the product backlog. At that time we don't have enough detail to break...
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Linda Rising
risingl2000
May 2, 2003 4:47 pm
'Way to go, Mike!!!...
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Mary Poppendieck
mpoppendieck
May 10, 2003 5:57 am
AgileAlliance has put together a great conference. Find out more at http://agiledevelopmentconference.com/. Dear Agile friend and colleague, Due to the soft...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber
May 10, 2003 3:40 pm
I'll be holding a Certified ScrumMaster class in Boston on July 14 and 15 (see www.controlchaos.com/certifiedscrum for more details). Attendees will be...
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber
May 10, 2003 3:41 pm
AgileAlliance has put together a great conference. Find out more at http://agiledevelopmentconference.com/. Dear Agile friend and colleague, Due to the soft...
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Mary Poppendieck
mpoppendieck
May 12, 2003 12:16 am
I hereby admit to committing the error of forwarding to this group an announcement-in-development a couple of days ago, which had a couple of errors in it. I...
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Marco Abis
capotribu
May 13, 2003 9:18 pm
This new group is about the study and application of living metaphors – the patterns of life, to computer systems and human organizations. A place to speak...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 15, 2003 10:50 pm
FYI. ... From: David Anderson [mailto:netherby_uk@...] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 4:01 PM To: agilemanagement@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Scott Worley (PI)
zhangscott
May 16, 2003 2:20 am
Hi Mike, I have been absent, evangelizing the Agile Management, and not looked at the list for a while, what book is this you refer to? Scott Worley ...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 16, 2003 2:58 am
Hi Scott- I'm not sure what book you're referring to. My message below was just forwarding a message from David Anderson that linked to a good-looking article...
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Scott Worley (PI)
zhangscott
May 16, 2003 3:10 am
Argghhhh, yet another victim of my lack of care and attention, sorry Mike, was meant to send comment to David Anderson, my bad. But whilst you are here, do you...
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David J. Anderson
netherby_uk
May 16, 2003 5:08 am
Scott, More details on the book in question at http://www.uidesign.net/ and when I get around to it http://www.agilemanagement.net/ David ... ...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 19, 2003 4:50 pm
For anyone who wasn't fortunate enough to be in Ken's ScrumMaster class last week, you really missed a great class. I think there were 30 or so of us in the...
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Linda Rising
risingl2000
May 19, 2003 5:02 pm
I'm looking forward to Ken's tutorial at the Agile Development Conference :-)! http://agiledevelopmentconference.com/...
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Bryan Zarnett
bryan_zarnett
May 22, 2003 2:22 am
Today ended a long but great two days with Ken. Not only did we have our ScrumMaster certification but we also had Ken for some breakfast chats and dinners and...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 22, 2003 2:30 am
Bryan--Thanks for sharing your comments on the class. It sounds like a great time. There's something humorous about the Freudian slip of "closet Scrum rep," ...
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Bryan Zarnett
bryan_zarnett
May 22, 2003 12:49 pm
... rep," ... years! I'm ... I'm a bit more conscious right now so I thought I would just highlight some of the key things we did here in Toronto for everyone....
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Ken Schwaber
kschwaber
May 22, 2003 1:44 pm
Bryan, My pleasure. I'm equally excited, particularly after meeting people like you and Mike. I sent you another email with a discussion about opening up the ...
