Commitment vs. Forecast: A Subtle But Important Change to Scrum (2011)

Funny to see this. I thought getting commitment was one of the soft mechanisms of scrum. An annoying one, because power dynamics are always at play. Still a mechanism, though.

I think I'm supportive of the idea on removing it. Seems the goal is ultimately to find ways in rhetoric and action to align the teams in working to the end goal. Which, often, might require tradeoffs to reach a timely delivery. And timing is a requirement.

Re: Commitment vs. Forecast: A Subtle But Important Change to Scrum (2011)

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Post by k__ » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

throwanem wrote: post #5

saas_co_de wrote: post #2

http://programming-motherfucker.com/

Zed Shaw is a treasure. I'm not sure he's all that much of a role model.

Well, he's good at heart and knows his stuff.

Like all of us, he's just human

Re: Commitment vs. Forecast: A Subtle But Important Change to Scrum (2011)

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Post by rockostrich » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

make3 wrote: post #4

saas_co_de wrote: post #2

http://programming-motherfucker.com/

just saying motherfucker a few times does not magically create a solid argument

I don't know. Samuel L. Jackson seems to do alright even when he doesn't have Tarantino writing for him.

Re: Commitment vs. Forecast: A Subtle But Important Change to Scrum (2011)

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Post by saas_co_de » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

throwanem wrote: post #5

saas_co_de wrote: post #2

http://programming-motherfucker.com/

Zed Shaw is a treasure. I'm not sure he's all that much of a role model.

I don't know anything about the guy but his analysis of agile consultants and agile development agencies is spot on.