Software Process and Measurement Blog

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 13, Final Thoughts

Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability (AA Advanced Topics) introduces and reinforces several ideas for using metrics in software-centric programs. If you are working in the software... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 12, Chapters 13 – 14,  Scaling Monte Carlo and A Parting Thought

This week we finish our re-read of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability with two chapters. Chapter 13 is titled Scaling Monte Carlo. In a perfect world,... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 11, Chapters 11 – 12,  Different Sampling Methods and 85 Percent or Bust

In this installment of our re-read of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability we again tackle two chapters. Chapter 11, “Different Sampling Methods”, points out that random... Read More

A Failure To Communicate – Part of The Agile Coaching Basics Series

Part of every profession is the jargon practitioners adopt. Having a language links people together and creates a sense of community. It also creates private gardens; a profession walled off... Read More

Jargon – Bridging Bonds or Building Barriers, Essays and Conversations

Part of every profession is the jargon practitioners adopt. Having a language links people together and creates a sense of community. It also creates private gardens: a profession set off... Read More

Re-read Saturday, Actionable Agile Volume II, Week 10, Chapters 9 -10,  VoP, VoC, Predictability, Monte Carlo and More

Today we tackle two chapters of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability. We begin with Chapter 9 – VoP, VoC, and Predictability which sums up Section I,... Read More