Alex PolyakovConfluence is WORTHLESS — change my mind!!!Every Engineering Team knows Atlassian’s suite of products really well. Confluence has long been part of the Software Development toolkit…4d ago4d ago
Alex PolyakovVelocity and Throughput are full of Sh*t!If you run enough Agile teams with Scrum using Story Points and Velocity as an internal gauge for planning the volume of work to be…Sep 192Sep 192
Alex PolyakovThat's exactly why I was asking the question - days will be different, ability to complete things…The stakeholders of course eat up this metric because they need one. Its nice to report it and feel things moving along. They can use the…Sep 131Sep 131
Alex PolyakovGreat little nuggets of gold, Sri!The issue here is that most dev teams use Jira for managing work and trying to bring the work and dashboards from multiple teams into one…Sep 13Sep 13
Alex PolyakovSo you're essentially using T-shirt sizes with Cynefin terminology.If that's the approach, there is an immediate team benefit - estimations become faster! No more painful meetings discussing the numbers…Sep 91Sep 91
Alex PolyakovThe value of estimation is an engaging conversation.Good article! There are quite a few missing topics though:Sep 91Sep 91
Alex PolyakovI like the analogy of "You'll go where you're looking", but I'd take it farther.As a motorcycle enthusiast, this statement has severe consequences. As the "looking also determines the lean, and if you're afraid and take…Jan 13Jan 13