Agile Estimation
The more I learn about agile methods, the more I like them. I watched a video presentation on agile estimation by Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software There’s a lot of good information, but what I liked most is that agile makes it very hard to hide bad news. We’ve all been there. The project is going downhill, but you are too afraid to tell the boss. You try some heroics in desperate hopes of rescuing it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. When the boss finally hears of this, it is often too late to make changes to the project plan. Agile makes progress very clear. As the team moves through iterations, everyone can see how much work was done, how much is left, and if the schedule is slipping. With this information readily available, management can make adjustments while there is still time.
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