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  1. A better way to predict project release date!

    Many people commented on my previous post about Story Points, and how there are much better ways to estimate Agile projects. In this post I’ll concentrate on one project where the predictive power of counting the number of stories/items completed/iteration was a better predictor of the release date and the scope delivered than story points. …

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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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