Tag: velocity
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Pomodoro galore
Posted by Simon Baker
Almost everything for us is now a pomodoro. Some time ago we replaced the per-iteration planning game with on-demand planning pomodoros and the end-of-iteration retrospective with a pomodoro retrospective.
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Sunday, 11 May 2008
Velocity, capacity and productivity
Posted by Simon Baker
A team's velocity is the sum of the estimates of the user stories that were done during the iteration.
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Thursday, 20 October 2005
In a spin. A software development team is like a washing machine
Posted by Simon Baker
Here's an extract taken from Making the date by Ron Jeffries.
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Tuesday, 4 October 2005
Small teams pack a punch
Posted by Simon Baker
Before adding more people to a project team to accelerate delivery be sure you have realistic expectations about the effect. Measure the impact of learning curve and management overhead and be sure that the increase in productivity is worth the additional expense.
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