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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
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
Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery Chapter 8 shatters myths! Once upon a time in a land far, far away, I believed a few of these myths. Ok,... Read More
Chapter 7 of Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery dives into the nuances of using XmR charts for four flow metrics. They are: This chapter is hugely... Read More
Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery by Thomas M Cagley Jr and Jeremy Willets, gives you the tools to prioritize and deliver the right work at the right... Read More
Chapter Six, of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability, is titled Detecting Signals on PBCs. Finding a signal in the noise is like separating the wheat from... Read More
The question of how much data is required to determine what is happening in a system is a perennial bugaboo. Those predisposed to acting tend to think less is more,... Read More
We continue with Chapter Four of Actionable Agile Metrics Volume II, Advanced Topics in Predictability, titled Process Behaviour Charts, this week. Today we construct an XmR chart. We begin with... Read More
In the first installment of our essay, Saying Yes To All Work, I mentioned that the class exploring the topic identified that “when the CEO tells you to do something,... Read More
Late on the second day of a three-day workshop, a hand came up a table at the back of the room. I had noticed the person getting increasingly fidgety as... Read More
