What makes a successful project? Waterfall project management tells us it’s about meeting scope, time and cost goals. Do these success metrics also hold true to agile projects? Let’s see. In agile projects we learn new information all the time. It’s likely that the scope will change over time, because we find out things we
“Why would you want a rough estimate, when I can do a more precise one?” And really, if we can do something better, why do it half way? There’s a simple answer, but I’ll give it after the long detailed one. Let’s start by asking again: Why estimate at all? There’s a whole #NoEstimates discussion,
Pop quiz: What do earned value, burn-down charts, and coverage reports have in common? They are all reporting a metric, sure. But you could have gotten that from the title. Let’s dig deeper. Let’s start with earned value. Earned value is a project tracking system, where you get value points as you’re getting along the
I used to be Superman. I could do anything I wanted, and no one would tell me I’m wrong. For good reason: I usually wasn’t wrong. I wasn’t born Superman. I worked hard at it. I learned a lot. I was leading by example. And when I was the smartest guy around, who actually accomplished
