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Is ‘Over-estimation’ a bad thing?
Is ‘Over-estimation’ a bad thing?
A question that comes my way quite often from fellow practitioners “Is over-estimation a bad thing?”
Ravishankar R
Aug 21
Combat interruptions and changing customer expectations better!
Combat interruptions and changing customer expectations better!
When interruptions and changing customer expectations rears its head (and it will), work together as a Scrum team to answer these questions…
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Its time to up the game! PBR is more than just cleaning your home!
Its time to up the game! PBR is more than just cleaning your home!
If you have a task / job / feature / story split into different parts, and different priorities for different people, then it’s likely that…
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Pick what battles are worth fighting for!
Pick what battles are worth fighting for!
Trying to perfect the ability to predict is definitely a futile exercise.
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Planning to tolerate variability!
Planning to tolerate variability!
In short, never get your capacity full at the beginning of the Sprint in your Sprint Planning event.
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
Ten for Ten, the most important — yet the least spoken!
Ten for Ten, the most important — yet the least spoken!
Here are the important, yet least spoken assumptions (misconceptions) practitioners hold around their planning approach:
Ravishankar R
Aug 19
It is never ‘OR’, rather a much needed ‘AND’
It is never ‘OR’, rather a much needed ‘AND’
‘Scrum doesnt work for us and hence we are planning to switch to Kanban’ is the most trending phrase in our industry dealing complex work.
Ravishankar R
Aug 5
Its not about planning less!
Its not about planning less!
You introduce the fog of speculation in your plans, and your plans become an anchor that make it challenging to respond to reality as it…
Ravishankar R
Jul 30
Is variability in your process, a problem?
Is variability in your process, a problem?
Are you experiencing variations, and is that the one big ticket you are working towards?
Ravishankar R
Jul 24
For all those capacity planning lovers!
For all those capacity planning lovers!
For all those big believers of capacity-based planning!
Ravishankar R
Jul 21
What does ‘Being Predictable’ mean?
What does ‘Being Predictable’ mean?
Stop trying to justify your future results with past evidence and factual data.
Ravishankar R
Jul 18
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