LiveCode and SCRUM tools

[Peter Haworth]

That makes sense but just seems like a different take on the same way of
adjusting schedules using points rather than percentage complete.  Not
saying the "new" ways don't work, just that in my project management
experience, we could make the same adjustments based on percentage complete
to date on any particular task in the current project and the history of
any particular developers' history.

Seems like it's just different terminology for the same stuff.  But then
again, I'm just old fashioned.....

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> Pete-
>
> Saturday, January 4, 2014, 4:47:27 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Of course, the biggest caveat about all this is that people need to be
> > realistic about how much longer they need to complete a task.  Any
> project
> > management software is just a tool to implement those estimates. WIthout
> > accurate estimates, any method fails and unfortunately, most people are
> not
> > very good at making that kind of estimate (me included!)
>
> Well, yes. But what agile tools bring to the table is the ability (and
> in fact the need) to evaluate and adjust goals at each sprint. If I,
> as a developer, take on five points per week and consistently only
> manage to complete four points, my expectations need to be adjusted
> downward and I shouldn't try to take on so much work. On the other
> hand, if I consistently finish my five points early and have time to
> take on smaller stories to fill up the time, my goal should be
> adjusted upward to accomodate that. Over time this iterative process
> gets better ad adjusting real-world expectations.
>
> And the number of points in the backlog is a good indication, given
> the number of points the group can deliver over a single sprint, of
> the amount of time before project completion. This also gets better
> over time as you get better at estimating the complexity of individual
> stories. Breaking the project down into smaller stories and then
> aggregating them statistically gives you a good chance of knowing how
> far along a project is, where the bottlenecks are, and where it would
> be wise to add more resources.
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
>  ahsoftware at gmail.com
>
>
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