commitment

29/07/200928/12/2014 on agile, commitment, project management, scrum

Stop committing to iteration scope!

This may seem like heresy in the world of “Scrum requires commitments from the team”, but think about it. If your iteration is about two weeks (give or take) and your team is pretty much fixed for that period of time (you can’t really “change” a team that fast), then what else is left? Yes, …

23/10/200828/12/2014 on commitment, definition, glossary, planning, progress, release planning, term, velocity, vocabulary

What is Velocity? (in agile software development)

Velocity is a term used in agile software development to illustrate the “rate of progress” for a team or a set of teams (i.e. a project/program). The simplest way to define velocity is: the number or user stories a team/project can do in one sprint (“do” here means that it really is done and potentially …

Recent Posts

  • How to “control” a software project, and why control is never achieved with planning
  • #NoBacklogs: How to never lose a good idea by keeping the Backlog short!
  • The Project Slippery Slope: why the concept of Projects lead to Waterfall, sooner or later, but inevitably…

Memory lane

I like order, here’s the categories

scrum master podcast
↑
  • Home
  • NoEstimates
  • Privacy Policy and GDPR compliance information
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Fastr by Kanishk.
The ONE tool every Project Manager must have in their toolbox!
Discover a New Approach to solving the "deliver on time" problem!
FREE PDF Download of the first chapter of the book.
Learn about #NoEstimates, and start delivering your software on time!
Download chapter 1 of the book right now