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Milling Stories to Reduce Risk
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8 points5 points
8 points!5 points!
5 points!!! 8 points!!!
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business value
cost
Knowledge Acquisition Curve
From diagram © Alistair Cockburn 2011 - http://alistair.cockburn.us/Knowledge+acquisition+curve.png
knowledge
time
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Pay to learn
Knowledge Acquisition Curve
From diagram © Alistair Cockburn 2011 - http://alistair.cockburn.us/Knowledge+acquisition+curve.png
knowledge
time
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cost
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Build business value
Knowledge Acquisition Curve
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knowledge
time
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Build business valueTrim or polish
Knowledge Acquisition Curve
From diagram © Alistair Cockburn 2011 - http://alistair.cockburn.us/Knowledge+acquisition+curve.png
knowledge
time
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business value
cost
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Build business valueTrim or polish
Knowledge Acquisition Curve
From diagram © Alistair Cockburn 2011 - http://alistair.cockburn.us/Knowledge+acquisition+curve.png
knowledge
time
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grade verb
1. arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.
estimate verb
1. roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
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Send a password reset link
… so that password can be reset
… so that we can save money.
… so support doesn’t have to do it
What?
Why?
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Send a password reset link
… so that password can be reset
… so that we can save money.
… so support doesn’t have to do it
What?
Why?
When?- before the next milestone
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Send a password reset link
… so that password can be reset
… so that we can save money.
… so support doesn’t have to do it
What?
Why?
How?MWhen?- before the next milestone
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Story Map
Story KickoffAcceptance Criteria
Triage
IN • Rounded corners • Other stuff
OUT • Bells • Whistles • Error handling
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60
4/9 18/9 2/10 16/10 6/11 20/11 4/12 18/12 1/1 15/1 29/1
Completed Discovered Left Projected
Stories
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4/9 18/9 2/10 16/10 6/11 20/11 4/12 18/12 1/1 15/1 29/1
Completed Discovered Left Projected
Stories
Rolling projection window
References and Further Reading• Disciplined Learning - http://alistair.cockburn.us/Disciplined+Learning
• Velocity is Killing Agility - http://jimhighsmith.com/velocity-is-killing-agility/
• Stop Using Story Points - http://www.industriallogic.com/blog/stop-using-story-points
• INVEST - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INVEST_(mnemonic)
• Feature Injection - http://www.infoq.com/articles/feature-injection-success
• If You Found Estimates Bring No Value, What Would You Do? - http://zuill.us/WoodyZuill/2013/01/25/if-you-found-estimates-bring-no-value-what-would-you-do/
• No Estimates Part 1 - http://neilkillick.com/2013/01/31/noestimates-part-1-doing-scrum-without-estimates/
• Coal Breaker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_breaker
• Definitions of “estimate” and “grade” from Google
Image Credits• Cosette - "Emile Bayard - Cosette" by Émile Bayard - http://f20creativefrance.com/2014/05/19/victor-hugo-les-miserables-from-page-to-stage/. Licensed under Public
Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emile_Bayard_-_Cosette.jpg#/media/File:Emile_Bayard_-_Cosette.jpg
• Dr Evil - From “Austin Powers” 1997 Newline Cinema
• Waste Is A Thief - From “Fight Club” 1999 20th Century Fox
• Bucket - By Amazon Web Services LLC [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/AWS_Simple_Icons_Storage_Amazon_S3.svg
• Rock - via http://www.clker.com - http://www.clker.com/clipart-242857.html
• Tony Abbott - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website – www.dfat.gov.au [CC BY 3.0 au (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Tony_Abbott_(cropped).jpg
• Red Bucket - By Minnesota Historical Society (Maple sugaring bucket) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_sugaring_bucket_(5571412972).jpg
• Minesweeper Flag - By kazukiokumura [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minesweeper_flag.svg
• Notecard - By E.m.fields - [email protected] (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notecard.jpg
• Sledgehammer - via http://www.clker.com - http://www.clker.com/clipart-hammer-metal.html
• Diamond - via http://www.clker.com - http://www.clker.com/clipart-clear-diamond.html
• Zip - via Flickr Creative Commons - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jezuez471/318471749/
• Surfer - via Flickr Creative Commons - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcysurfer/3615879243/
• Calculator - "Calculator casio" by Christian "VisualBeo" Horvat - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calculator_casio.jpg#/media/File:Calculator_casio.jpg
• Post-it-note - diskdepot.co.uk [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post-it-note-transparent.png
• Email Icon - Google Inc. [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ic_email_48px.svg