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I've found that since moving to an agile approach with weekly/fortnightly deliverables, my estimates have become better and clients expectations are managed nic
by Hates_ 18y ago
I've found that since moving to an agile approach with weekly/fortnightly deliverables, my estimates have become better and clients expectations are managed nicely. Clients can constantly see progress and can easily see how my time is going to be spent week-by-week. If new features are requested or problems hit, it's easy to communicate how that's going to effect the current timings and next deliverable.
- ykristiawan 18y agoThanks. I guess the key point is to manage clients expectations. Any reference about tools/formats that you use in reporting your progress?
- ra 18y agoOne part of Agile that may help here is continual incremental delivery. If you can deliver new functionality to your client each week, a little each time, then they should be happy to see progress, and each week you could re-evaluate how many weeks there are to go? Just a thought.
- mooneater 18y agoWhen I was getting started, I would often obsess over the "right" formats for different types of communication with clients. Ultimately, I decided what clients really want is to know you are doing everything reasonably possible to take care of them, being courteous, keeping them informed, yet not drowning them in detail. So, the simplest format that covers these points is a good start. You can then ask for feedback.
- Hates_ 18y agoAcunote is what I use to plan out my sprints. It does all the stuff of creating charts (which clients always like) and predicting how much work you'll be able to get done with each new sprint.