On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Richard Collings <[email protected]>wrote:
> Agile people do like their little aphorisms. :-) > Thanks we like to think we're witty too. > > However, I am intrigued - how do you plan? Somebody says to you, 'when > can you get this done by?' how do you work it out? > Burn down charts and a cone of uncertainity - usually +/- 30%. Key points: - we don't track task hours, we track stories (sometimes we use sizes but just relative numbers not absolute i.e. no days) - we use the number of stories completed in a week (or a day if need be) as velocity. - we average the last three weeks (or iterations worth) to tell us how much we're getting done on average. - we use that to see how long it will take to get through the customer requirements (aka the backlog) - finally we use a cone of uncertainity that narrows as we get closer to being done (can't find a good picture right now). One approach with a lot of detail: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Earned-value+and+burn+charts Much more detail another time. I teach a three day course in Agile Software Development - Planning and Estimation is probably a half day. > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Levison > *Sent:* 12 March 2009 4:50 p > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Feature Request: gant view. > > What benefit would you (and the rest of us) derive from a Gnatt view? > > Part of what I do as an Agile Coach is wean people from their addiction to > MS Project and Gnatt views. I usually point out that Gnatt never tells you > when you will be done, only the first moment you won't be done. > > Cheers > Mark > > > On 3/11/09, mlo addict <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I love using mlo but am missing a gantt view. I would like to request >> a gantt view like proj...@hand has. See >> http://www.natara.com/ProjectAtHand2/ScreenShots.cfm >> >> Kind regards, >> Mike >> >> Recent Entries: Agile/Scrum Smells: >> http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/06/agilescrum-smells.html >> Agile Games for Making Retrospectives Interesting: >> http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/10/agile-games-for-making-retrospectives-interesting.html>> >> -- Cheers Mark Levison Blog: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/ Recent Entries: Agile/Scrum Smells: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/06/agilescrum-smells.html Agile Games for Making Retrospectives Interesting: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/10/agile-games-for-making-retrospectives-interesting.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
