๐Ÿ”— Michael O. Church’s answer to Why do some developers at strong companies like Google consider Agile development to be nonsense? – Quora

Michael O. Churchโ€™s answer to Why do some developers at strong companies like Google consider Agile development to be nonsense? โ€“ Quora Before I get into why this โ€œAgileโ€ stuff is horrible, letโ€™s describe where Agile/Scrum can work. It can work for a time-sensitive and critical project of short duration (6 weeks max) that cross-cuts the business and has no clear manager , because it involves people from multiple departments. You can call it a โ€œCode Redโ€ or call it a Scrum or a โ€œWar Roomโ€ if you have a physical room for it....

๐Ÿ“บ #noestimates

The problem? For example, 3 guys wrote a paper in 86 and they said that a good estimate is an estimate thatโ€™s within 25% of the original estimate, 75% of the time โ€ฆ so, mostly one quarter wrong . Yikes, not a very good prospect at all. The gist of #noestimates to determine how much scope can be delivered by a given date: Select the most important piece of work you need to do (highest value first) Break that piece of work down into risk-neutral chunks of work: (โ€ฆ) small enough that failing to deliver it at first attempt will not jeopardize the project [typically ~1 day chunks] Develop (โ€ฆ) Deliver that work to a production-like environment....

๐Ÿ“œ #noestimates: using throughtput as a metric to predict progress

#noestimates: using throughtput as a metric to predict progress Vasco Duarte ( ALE Hangout with Vasco Duarte: No Estimates @ 41:50 )

๐Ÿ”— Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) – PragDave

Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) โ€“ PragDave Back to the Basics Here is how to do something in an agile fashion. What to do: Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat How to do it: When faced with two or more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier....

๐Ÿ”— Trello | Organize anything, together.

Trello | Organize anything, together. Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you whatโ€™s being worked on, whoโ€™s working on what, and where something is in a process.