a***@public.gmane.org
2005-03-27 20:44:25 UTC
sweet ! ---
--- thanks, Amir.
Alistair
In a message dated 3/27/2005 12:12:25 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
xpbookdiscussiongroup-***@public.gmane.org writes:
<<I've read this thread with interest for awhile now and have a few comments:
I definitely concur with Ron's sentiment, as he expressed it a couple of
time, that the whole issue of introducing slack *within the context* of XP
is driven by FEAR. Slack is a viable planning technique in non agile
methodologies where you had to commit a-priori to an entire schedule so you
sandbagged it. Now, sandbagging is an epithet, so we come up with some *less
important* things to do, and say that we can live without them, then we
schedule them and usually - don't ever get to do them.
Lets consider these less important things as they have emerged in this
discussion:
(A)
"Less important" customer stories. This really makes me cringe.>>
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Alistair Cockburn
President, Humans and Technology
801.582.3162
1814 Ft Douglas Cir,
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
_http://alistair.cockburn.us/_ (http://alistair.cockburn.us/)
acockburn-***@public.gmane.org
(fax: 484.970.8954)
===============================
"Surviving Object-Oriented Projects" (1998)
"Writing Effective Use Cases" (Jolt Productivity Award 2001)
"Agile Software Development" (Jolt Productivity Award 2002)
"Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams" (Jolt Award
Finalist 2004)
"La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien a ajouter,
mais quand il ne reste rien a enlever." (Saint-Exupery)
"The first thing to build is trust." (Brad Appleton)
==============================================
--- thanks, Amir.
Alistair
In a message dated 3/27/2005 12:12:25 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
xpbookdiscussiongroup-***@public.gmane.org writes:
<<I've read this thread with interest for awhile now and have a few comments:
I definitely concur with Ron's sentiment, as he expressed it a couple of
time, that the whole issue of introducing slack *within the context* of XP
is driven by FEAR. Slack is a viable planning technique in non agile
methodologies where you had to commit a-priori to an entire schedule so you
sandbagged it. Now, sandbagging is an epithet, so we come up with some *less
important* things to do, and say that we can live without them, then we
schedule them and usually - don't ever get to do them.
Lets consider these less important things as they have emerged in this
discussion:
(A)
"Less important" customer stories. This really makes me cringe.>>
==============================================
Alistair Cockburn
President, Humans and Technology
801.582.3162
1814 Ft Douglas Cir,
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
_http://alistair.cockburn.us/_ (http://alistair.cockburn.us/)
acockburn-***@public.gmane.org
(fax: 484.970.8954)
===============================
"Surviving Object-Oriented Projects" (1998)
"Writing Effective Use Cases" (Jolt Productivity Award 2001)
"Agile Software Development" (Jolt Productivity Award 2002)
"Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams" (Jolt Award
Finalist 2004)
"La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien a ajouter,
mais quand il ne reste rien a enlever." (Saint-Exupery)
"The first thing to build is trust." (Brad Appleton)
==============================================