Thanks for the link Mark, interesting approaches and concepts. Some of them I will definitely use.
How do you manage the critical path in Agile? On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Mark Levison <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
