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The last sentence of this article rings true. Do the riskiest parts first, essentially. The rest feels prescriptive and way too rigid and I have a hard time bel
by thinkingkong 7y ago
The last sentence of this article rings true. Do the riskiest parts first, essentially. The rest feels prescriptive and way too rigid and I have a hard time believing teams would want to or get a benefit from sticking to it.
Eliminating risk is awesome though and even that practice is compatible with estimates if thats what your team is doing. Simply asking the question “whats the riskiest part?” prompts some healthy discussion.
- hinkley 7y agoI would qualify that idea. Momentum is important and you can lose it by tackling risk too late or too early. When a new team or project is forming, doing the riskiest thing first can become a self fulfilling prophecy. I suspect that’s a big part of why so many of us get wedged trying to start personal projects or businesses. We go toward the risk too quickly in an effort to save time and then we save loads of it by giving up. You do want to build toward the risky things, both as a team and individual contributors. Some teams fail to thrive because the senior members continue to take on the bulk of the risk, while new or younger members are forever stuck at mid-level until they quit and join another team.