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Essays from 2019

3 essays from 2019

  1. A detailed comment on the practice of estimation in Software Development – a #NoEstimates post

    OK, so a friend (who shall remain anonymous) sent me a message with some very good points bout estimation. This blog post explores those statements. It will be long, and detailed. Grab a cup of coffee, sit down and let’s do this! The first thing I’d like to comment on is the statement My start …

    3 min readcode

  2. #MyCoreOfAgile: Global retrospective, what’s the one thing Agile is about for you?

    I had an amazing conversation about the Core of Agile with some members of Torino’s local Agile community. We met at Trattoria Valenza. Which was an excellent location to enjoy tradition and look at what we can learn for the future.The conversation touched many points, but the one that I want to talk about is …

    2 min readteams

  3. PO Role: Most have it ⛔️WRONG when it comes to the PO role

    There’s a widespread belief that the Product Owner handles writing user stories (partly true), and helps the team clarify requirements. That’s not right! At least, not the whole truth, not even the most important tasks for PO’s. There’s a much more important aspect of the PO role, that has nothing to do with User Stories, …

    1 min readproduct

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