... Ditto... ... I am not at all sure that Barry made this distinction. Actually I'd think that having to "make a change" invariably had to be a reaction to a...
... I'm convinced that 6 Sigma, like it's sometime bedfellow CMM, is not inherently opposed to Agility. I say this because we work with a 6 Sigma black belt...
The cost of change is a stable environment may be predictable mathematically, but our environments are not stable. Just take yesterday's events in our small...
I recently came across something called "Lean Six Sigma" that has apparently been around for a year or two. It combines Six Sigma with the principles of lean...
From a root philosophy standpoint, I tend to agree with Alistair. Six Sigma tends to emphasize rigorous documentation and quantifiable measurements -- even...
... If you use story points to estimate the items on your backlog (your stories) then you can measure how many of those points you complete each sprint. That's...
Need some help to answer questions from execs when considering the transition from a functionally centric to a project centric organizational structure. I'd...
... I don't think he did either - and that's where I suspect a big part of the problem lies. I keep on seeing references to cost-of-*change* curves which talk...
1. Functional managers set the standards and guidelines for the people representing that professional skill, as well as ensure that they get the education they...
Ken, Liked the article. I think the problem that you are having comes from a deep seated human need to want to control and predict the future and I don't know...
... your sprints in your organization. This may be part of the reason why your sprints are more stressful than they should be. ... Oh no no, I left out a bit...
... impact on ... After reading all of the responses, it is interesting to hear the responses and compare with what we implemented (which I left out on purpose...
... What little I know about six sigma (I'm just getting started myself), indicates that it will work in an Agile environment. Our product falls under FDA...
Dave, I guess my first question would be, why do you wan to transition to a project-centric world? What is the purpose of the transition? I grant that when...
At my company, some managers believe in tracking estimates vs. actuals. They like what my team is doing with Scrum, but they'd like it better if we gave them a...
It would be a good idea to track the total estimate versus the total actuals, but not at the task level. What makes the totals work out is the law of large...
Dan, It's not posted yet, but someone reminded me of Holland's description of a complex process or object. It is something of which the only model is itself;...
I'd say you shouldn't do it because it doesn't add value commensurate with its cost. Don't argue with your bosses that it "adds no value" because comparing...
... What are they trying to improve with this metric? Make the team better estimators? The bound on estimation is knowledge: the more you know about what you...
I'm glad this topic came up because I've been thinking about it a lot recently. Thanks Daniel! In FDD as documented by De Luca, Palmer and Felsing, developers...
... I don't think this is a planning problem but "engineering practices" problem. If the team is failing to meet their commitments due to procrastination, you...
Our automated Scrum tracking built into the GNATS open source bug tracking system captures initial estimates. Then it takes less than 60 seconds per developer...
... Probably not, but I'll try. Some folks have touched on some of these thoughts already. My initial reaction is that for some reason, someone doesn't trust...
... Yep. ... Yes - though I think in a waterfallish environment it could be seen as a bug, too. You simply didn't do enough analysis upfront - else you should ...
... system is ... against ... the ... will ... DELIVERY. We use a different bugtracking system, but also track this data in the program, and like Jeff said it...
... <ken.schwaber@v...> wrote: Your managers are thinking of simple processes, not complex processes. ... Traditional approach: thinking of a simple process,...
Marc, It's always interesting to speculate on what works and doesn't work. In this case, I know that both approaches work with different teams. I have run more...
David, My claim is not that your approach doesn't work; there a innumerable systems that have been built using BDUF or even ad hoc methodologies. I'm sure that...
