... CIO describe this issue... ... I'm not a CIO either. Nor am I, anymore, a software developer. But I do try to empathize! <warm smile> You've already helped...
... Heh. I know what you mean. It seems to be that most requirements descriptions are either: A) Definitional. You leave having memorized a bunch of words,...
Here is your 2cents... Its about cohesion and orthogonality. The developer with Agile is more productive because of the reduction of noise and hysteresis...
... What's wrong with setting a goal and a date, and expecting a team to tell you how they are going to meet that goal and that date? Presuming that the goal...
What's wrong with me telling you I expect you to climb mount everest in 3 hours, and expecting you to tell me how you are going to do it? ;) ... tell ... that...
Hi Manuel, This goes a bit beyond what you are asking, but I think it worth considering. ...
Doug South
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Mar 1, 2007 9:50 pm
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Agile is about steering projects based on feedback and learning, so setting a hard goal and detailed plan for a date months in advance will not allow any...
Forget agility for a moment. As a business executive, I may see an opportunity that needs to be captured. Let's say it's Jan 2nd, 2007, and I know that if we...
The kind of feedback you are describing is upper management's dream. We can't stand a bunch of reports saying things are great until all of a sudden they...
... In fact, we've started working towards this by encouraging people to blog and bundling them all up in one place: http://planet.ephox.com/ It's useful for...
Hi Chris, Ok you said it better than I did. The only disagreement is that I really do want to hear "no, it isn't going to happen" if there really is no way....
I have no problem at all with fixed dates. However, today business goals are inherently dynamic. The business goal whose details can be fixed several months...
Hmmm...you make some good points, but I must disagree about the business goals. While it is true they need to be somewhat dynamic, the overall goals can't be....
Having changing business needs doesn't mean that you shouldn't plan a release. That's where my view is different. I really do think that today, I can know what...
Here's the business value: I get tens of millions in free advertising for my new 'energy drink' when you make it to the top of Everest in record time. Now tell...
If the ROI is tens of millions, then perhaps $3-$10 million dollars invested in some rocket-powered vehicle would do the trick. I've been in these situations,...
I suspect we differ on the definitions of things like goals and plans. Yes, if high level visionary goals are shifting, the business has a problem. What high...
I think it would be hard to market the energy drink if you sed rocket technology to get to the top of Everest. :) That nitpick aside, I completely agree with...
... First, it was very disheartening to hear about mandatory management overtime from Gary. Second, 40 hours is just an arbitary number. As others have pointed...
... Yep. I think of this as the "if you ain't sweatin', you ain't workin'" school of management. And although I disagree with it, I understand it. Software...
Most of the time we cannot actually know whether we can do "it" or not. Furthermore, most of the time we really do not even know what "it" really entails until...
Hello, Chris. On Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 5:43:21 PM, you ... I believe that ryan's point was that business needs do not imply that what is asked is...
... One problem is the VP who relies on his underlings for advice and those underlings often fear being disempowered by agile development (self managing teams...
... We each choose what possible is. Project teams are no different. If I commit to making something possible, then I believe that I've chosen to make the ...
