Due Date The Root Of All Evils

Due Date - The Root of All Evils ( How to Fail with Agile part II ) Kamon Treetampinij @Korn4d

What is due date? • Due date is the dead line put down to the team by the upper management • It is set by starting with ask for an estimation then negotiate until get a reasonable number (lowest)

There are 4 parameters in Software development • Scope (size) • Time (due) • Resources (man power) • Quality (number of bugs)

There are 4 parameters in Software development (2) • Scope (size) • Time (due) • Resources (man power) • Quality (number of bugs)

The Downfall of Agile Hitler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1wKO3rID9g

What happened to the project? • Carryover stories • Customer requirement is too complex • Automated unit testing is harder than expected

What happened to the tests? • It has been removed since Iteration #3 (Why?) • Because it they were failing

What’s wrong about asking only senior dev to stay? • It shows unevenness in the team. Some people are more important and get more tasks than the others

Why Hitler never know about this in stand-up meeting? • It shows stand-up meeting for them is just a daily status report. Everyone afraid tell the unpleasant news to the leader

What's the meaning of quot;We tried to keep up, but the pace was too fastquot;? • The due date already put down to the team and they now suffer with it

Meaning of quot;It's not our fault. Customer is making too many changes”? • The due date again, prepare for the downfall

How about quot;It's OK, we are doing good at QA testing”? • The QA is not part of the team. The feedback never get to the dev in time.

Does Hitler still believe in Agile? • Yes of course. •How about you?

How can we get rid of the due date? • No, I’m not gonna answer this. • Let’s discuss!

Due Date The Root Of All Evils

by K T on May 23, 2009

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