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Essays from September 2010

2 essays from September 2010

  1. Short video introduction to my sessions at Agile Eastern Europe 2010

    In about 3 weeks I’ll be flying to Kiev and meeting some of the best Agilists in the planet. But it won’t be just fun and games for me. I’m already stressing about my sessions. Check out the video introduction of my sessions at Agile Eastern Europe and, while you are at it why not …

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  2. Waterfall leads to 90% ready 90% of the time! (the very definition of unpredictability)

    One of the most common anti-patterns I’ve seen in waterfall projects is the “90% done syndrome”. It goes like this: the project will get quite quickly to 90% readiness and will look to be on time until that point. However, after the 90% readiness point is achieved we start to see more and more delays …

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