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Stories = Requirements Engineering Assigning Points = Roughly estimating how long it takes you to implement it Allocating Work = Well... allocating work Stan
by Double_a_92 2y ago
Stories = Requirements Engineering
Assigning Points = Roughly estimating how long it takes you to implement it
Allocating Work = Well... allocating work
Standups = Talking with your colleagues about the current work and clearing problems
Reviews = Showing your results
None of that seems unreasonable. The only thing that kinda sucks are the rigid sprints, because they just cause artificial stress by setting unnecessary deadlines.
- skydhash 2y agoThey’re not unreasonable in themselves. What sucks is the process around them, because it impedes progress. Why because each tasks varies, and often it morphs while you’re working on it. So whenever a metric is fixed or something interrupts you repeatedly, it just sucks.
- perrygeo 2y agoOr worse than impeding progress, everyone adjusts their expectations to only that which can comfortably fit into a sprint. Big gnarly bugs, meaty technical problems, or innovative solutions - too risky. Better just take a few random tickets off the board and keep plodding along. The direct effect is organizations start systematically ignoring the forest and start obsessing over the trees, simply because trees are easier to measure. And then inevitably wondering aloud "why is velocity AND quality tanking?". Anyone with half a brain can see why - disincentivizing innovation destroys innovation.