Herding Cats

Why Do Agilest Use Waterfall As Their Stalking Horse?

Many agilest use Waterfall as the Boogeyman of software development. They show pictures of Design-Code-Test process, with no feedback loops, linear connections from beginning to end in the project. Here in the DOD, Waterfall went away long ago as an... Read more →

D-Day

Agile Project Management Methods

There is a lot of unsubstantiated claims going around about how agile should or should not be applied. How estimates are or are not needed. How the team should or should not be managed. From the point of view of... Read more →

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Five Immutable Principles of Project Success

No matter the size of the project. No matter the project domain. No matter the engineering processes used to produce the outcomes from the project. There are Five Immutable Principles of project success. These principles are Immutable because they are... Read more →

#Noestimates Has Come to This

This is a chart from an agile conference where #Noestimates was a topic. For the most part, the briefing follows Tony Magennis' approach from his book. So the first part is following standard estimating principles. What's fascinating is the evolution... Read more →