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Essays from 2020
4 essays from 2020
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The Errors of Estimation
What we often hear from estimators is that estimates are supposed to be “intervals”, not single-point values. This blog post is now a podcast also, narrated by Billy Elchin As usual, they don’t define what “interval” should be. They just say that you have to be “accurate”, but not so “precise”. Ok, let’s explore what …
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The most dangerous phrase I’ve heard in my life as an Agile Consultant
Have you heard this phrase lately: “we’re working on it”? If you have, you may have found a symptom you should tackle quickly. Learn how in this blog post.
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The Biggest Problem I see Agile teams face and the solution that works for me
This is a #SkiTertulia blog post. If you want to know more about #SkiTertulia, visit the announcement page. When I work with teams from all over the world (multiple different national cultures, multi-national, distributed or co-located), the biggest problem I see those teams struggle with is very simple. They aren’t teams. Let me use an …
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The Ski Tertulia, a space for generating breakthrough experiments
The Ski Tertulia is a space for learning, in the Alps, with Vasco Duarte and Jacopo Romei.
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