Food for Agile Thought #240
TL; DR: Accurate Estimates, Remote Productivity — Food for Agile Thought #240
Welcome to the 240th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,317 peers. This week, we revisit the fallacy of accurate estimates; we delve into a study revealing massive increases in the cycle and release time metrics of development teams since going remote, and we enjoy a view at a different world of agile testing and quality.
We also learn about product management by nagging; we tackle feature request handling, and we analyze the essence of a decent Sprint Goal.
Lastly, we check the latest recommendations of the Dark Side of Agile; this time, they can ensure the productivity of your now remote workers. (Won’t we all want to be that confident?)
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🏆 The Tip of the Week: Accurate Estimates
Tanner Wortham: If Estimates Were Accurate, We’d Call Them Actuals
Rob Wortham goes back to an old-time favorite of the agile community — estimating and estimates.
Source: If Estimates Were Accurate, We’d Call Them Actuals
Author: Rob Wortham
Agile & Scrum
Ori Keren (via DZone): Productivity Data From 50 Dev Teams
Ori Keren presents survey data on the change in performance of 50 now remote development teams.
Source: DZone: Productivity Data From 50 Dev Teams
Author: Ori Keren
Michael Küsters: The defect funnel — systematically working towards high quality
Michael Küsters takes a look at the ideal world of agile testing and quality.
Source: The defect funnel — systematically working towards high quality
Author: Michael Küsters
(via McKinsey & Company): Revisiting agile teams after an abrupt shift to remote
Low and Behold, the Dark Side is also competent about how to ‘ensure’ that your knowledge workers are ‘effective now that COVID-19 has forced them to work remotely.’
Source: McKinsey & Company: Revisiting agile teams after an abrupt shift to remote
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Product & Lean
Julie Zhuo: The Nag Metric: You got what you wanted… but at what cost?
As a product mensch, Julie Zhuo reflects on feeling pestered to do something, versus feeling free to make that choice.
Source: The Nag Metric: You got what you wanted… but at what cost?
Author: Julie Zhuo
Sean Sullivan: Tackling Enterprise Customer Requests
Sean Sullivan shares his approach on how to deal with “feature suggestions” from enterprise clients.
Source: Tackling Enterprise Customer Requests
Author: Sean Sullivan
Christiaan Verwijs (via The Liberators Network): Examples Of Real Sprint Goals
Christiaan Verwijs analyzes how to create useful Sprint Goals.
Source: The Liberators: Examples Of Real Sprint Goals
Author: Christiaan Verwijs
📯 Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams
We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns, and we analyzed remote Retrospectives and Sprint Plannings based on Liberating Structures. This seventh article now looks into organizing a remote Sprint Review with a distributed team: How to practice the review with virtual Liberating Structures, including and giving a voice to team members, stakeholders, and customers.
Read more: Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams.
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Food for Agile Thought #240: Accurate Estimates, Remote Productivity, The Dark Side on Remote Agile, Handling Customer Requests was first published on Age-of-Product.com.
