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One of my past PMs has two primary school kids that they do an extremely less structured version of this for, including some equivalent of story points and a ka

by ev1 4y ago

One of my past PMs has two primary school kids that they do an extremely less structured version of this for, including some equivalent of story points and a kanban board that they keep up to date with larger tasks (so "eat lunch" is not a WIP ticket). She says it's been helpful with teaching them how to get better at correctly estimating progress on stuff like summer break homework, studying for upcoming exams and also remembering what day the exam is on, reducing procrastination - at first the "story points" equivalent was wildly variable ranges, but started to get more accurate over time, being able to gauge what was a harder task than an easier task, for example if weaker on maths they aren't embarassed to outright say that and allocate more points/time toward their maths exam revision and dedicate less time to an essay due on the same week. When writing an essay or studying for a concept they use the ticket/issue comment section to toss in their drafts, links to stuff they find that might be useful later, links to helpful YT/khanacademy videos, and it seems like an organiser of sorts, and the next day can just pick it up from there. I was really weirded out at first but it didn't seem too absurd after knowing more about it and that it isn't just dinner standup - this is really clearly not making your kids send you an Outlook meeting request to speak to you, but more akin to keeping a journal or todo list, though I think it's going to be moved off Jira soon given the "everything cloud" push and that the $10 10-user licences no longer exist.

baron816 4y ago
Thanks for posting this. I don’t have a family, but was thinking about this today and expecting the experience to go along these lines. Thinking back you my childhood, my parents weren’t really involved in my education at all. I doubt they ever knew what classes I was taking. They never asked anything about my schooling at all. I was a pretty mediocre student as a result. Considering I eventually figured out how to learn on my own and do quite well in tech, I suspect I could’ve been a much better student. So if I were to have a family of my own, I’d like to be much more heavily involved in their education than my parents were in mine. Agile/Scrum, for all its faults, can at least guarantee some level of transparency, accountability, and adaptability. If nothing else, it could train kids how to work at a tech company.

by ev1 4y ago

baron816 4y ago

Thanks for posting this. I don’t have a family, but was thinking about this today and expecting the experience to go along these lines. Thinking back you my childhood, my parents weren’t really involved in my education at all. I doubt they ever knew what classes I was taking. They never asked anything about my schooling at all. I was a pretty mediocre student as a result. Considering I eventually figured out how to learn on my own and do quite well in tech, I suspect I could’ve been a much better student. So if I were to have a family of my own, I’d like to be much more heavily involved in their education than my parents were in mine. Agile/Scrum, for all its faults, can at least guarantee some level of transparency, accountability, and adaptability. If nothing else, it could train kids how to work at a tech company.