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Essays from October 2017

2 essays from October 2017

1. 01

   Don’t plan to fail! Or how to never be late, never ever! #NoEstimates

   Project management methodologies involve some kind of estimates on the content of the project (i.e. scope) and effort/duration (i.e. schedule). Simple techniques like WBS (work breakdown structure) with Gantt Charts or more complex techniques like PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) involve estimating the content and ultimately the duration or effort of each of the …

   4 October 20177 min readteams

2. 02

   A #NoEstimates tool: The slicing meeting, replacing estimation meetings while creating shared understanding

   Before we start, I’d like to thank to Neil Killick and Woody Zuill for inspiring this technique with their work. Sit down. Let’s estimate This is not a good start of a meeting for many of us. Asking for estimates may be an easy thing to do, but going through the process of estimating Stories …

   2 October 20173 min readteams

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