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Failing “soft” is an Option in Agile
Posted on June 23, 2008 by Dean Leffingwell in Enterprise Rollout, Meeting DeadlinesRecently, I noticed the following interesting post from BMC's Paul Beavers: To Be Successful with Agile, Failure is More than an Option, it's Necessary. Paul highlights: "Failure from time to time is expected - trying, assessing, and adjusting are not...
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Release Planning Day 1 Narrative (AERP5)
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Dean Leffingwell in Meeting Deadlines, Release PlanningNote: This is part of a series of posts (AERP1-n) highlighting the critical role that release planning plays in achieving enterprise agility. Recently, I outlined a standard (or perhaps initial starting) agenda for Day 1 of such an event in the...
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A Standard Iteration and Release Pattern for the Enterprise?
Posted on February 28, 2008 by Dean Leffingwell in Agile Release Train, Enterprise Rollout, Meeting Deadlines, Release PlanningI've discussed "around this topic" in the book and in various posts as well as the classroom environment, but it occurs to me that I've never directly proposed nor published a standard pattern for iterations and releases for the enterprise...
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Release Planning Day 1 Schedule (AERP4)
Posted on February 24, 2008 by Dean Leffingwell in Agile Release Train, Meeting Deadlines, Release PlanningNote: this is one of a continuing series of posts, categorized under Release Planning. In earlier posts, I’ve described the critical role that release planning plays in enterprise agility. I’ve described the motivations and objectives (AERP1 and AERP2) and...
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Meeting Deadlines – “Tiger Teams” vs. Agile Project Management Practices
Posted on January 21, 2008 by Dean Leffingwell in Meeting Deadlines, Team PracticesOften times when introducing some of the basic agile project management practices to new teams (for example, the daily standup) some of the more experienced (ok, older) team members comment on the fact that these techniques look a lot...
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More on Date vs Scope – Solution: Staying Releasable?
Posted on October 27, 2007 by Dean Leffingwell in Meeting DeadlinesMy discussions with Paul at BMC continued, and I think we arrived at a reasonable conclusion as the thread below illustrates. (You might want to start at the bottom and read to the top.) Paul, Ah, I think you have found the...
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Fixed Date or Fixed Scope at Enterprise Scale?
Posted on October 11, 2007 by Dean Leffingwell in Enterprise Rollout, Meeting DeadlinesWell, the "fix the date and adjust the scope mantra" of agile is still subject to ongoing debate in some circles. In general, I stand by my suggestion that the easiest way to establish an agile, quality-based, software delivery...
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