Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Frank Carver:
Note that from lots of studies and practical experience, long-term estimates are much more likely to be wrong.
Reid - SCJP2 (April 2002)
Originally posted by Reid M. Pinchback:
There are non-XP techniques for planning relatively large projects that have been successful, but that doesn't mean that many people know about them or are sufficiently skilled in applying them.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
XP explicitely strives for "delivering maximal business value at the end of each iteration". And it presumes that it is very unlikely to know from the start on how to do that for any interesting project. In fact I even experienced a project changing direction by ninety degrees at the start of the second iteration - not because it was badly planned, but because of a suddenly arising new opportunity.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
Do tell! I'm interested in the story.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
I think it depends on how you define "successful". If you define it as "delivered exactly what was planned when it was planned for", it certainly is an astonishing accomplishment - but nothing XP primarily strives for!
Reid - SCJP2 (April 2002)
Originally posted by Reid M. Pinchback:
Similar techniques can be used for larger projects (actually, the approach came from the larger projects, not the other way around). The full-fledged version is called function point counting. Historically it had some technology limitations (it was designed at IBM around file I/O apps), but it has gradually been extended into other areas. [ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Reid M. Pinchback ]
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