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Essays from March 2011

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  1. Patterns of Agility, talk at Scan-Agile 2011 and Agile Riga Day 2011

    Some time ago I wrote a post here about Patterns we can identify in projects and how they relate to the life-cycle model in use for the project. Some patterns are definitely signs of an Agile project (release working software at the end of every *very* short iteration for example). Other patterns are clear signs …

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What if better planning started with a different question?

The first chapter of #NoEstimates argues that the “deliver on time” challenge is answered by a different question. Read it, and see whether it changes how you plan the next piece of work.

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