What does sizing mean? In a classical project, we break the work down. In a complex Agile environment this approach...
Value Plays
Success comes not from the volume of content delivered but from the business value obtained.
For an organization to be successful and to scale that success it need to understand what value is and to deliver value efficiently and repeatably.
These Plays look at techniques to ensure that value is being maximised.
Tracking work in Agile development
One of the Agile principles is that we should measure progress based on the completion of working software. How can...
Can we estimate and remain true to Agile?
When a team are estimating a piece of work, they are judging how big it is. They are not saying anything about when...
Is there a right size for “rightsizing”?
Assuming we work in iterations, work should be broken down small enough to be confident of finishing in an iteration. ...
Think beyond iterations with Agile roadmapping
Associated with the value stream there will be a roadmap. This will indicate what value is planned to be released to...
The three “D”s of disconnected work
For the team to self-manage, they must be able to see all of their planned work in one place, which means theyto see...
In a volatile world, how do we maintain focus?
Many organizations will find that there is an information gap between what people believe is being done, and what is...
Engineering Scorecard – Value Metrics
Any organization would like to measure how much value they are getting from their development team. This would allow...
Engineering Scorecard – Quality metrics
We could complete a large number of backlog items. But if these cannot be used because they need rework or do not...