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One Agile move I've seen done (among higher-trust teams) is to craft and sprint plan and then float the question: "OK, we've biting off that amount of effort f
by smitty1e 5y ago
One Agile move I've seen done (among higher-trust teams) is to craft and sprint plan and then float the question:
"OK, we've biting off that amount of effort for the timebox. Let's go around the room and have everyone opine on whether or not this is sane."
Obviously a small group of professionals here, but still.
The overarching point is whether the corporate culture supports communication. In my experience, comms is inverse to size. Less is more. People don't scale well or easily to large organizations.
- dane-pgp 5y agoPerhaps a better technique would be to go around the room and require everyone to come up with the best argument for why the plan isn't sane, regardless of whether they actually believe their argument. That way the argument isn't attached to anyone's ego, and uncomfortable truths can be spoken with plausible deniability. It only takes one person to "jokingly" bring up how previous estimates were over-optimistic, for example, to which other people can nod and hum in agreement.