Or “Yes, You Can Mix and Match” Just to reassure you: yes, you can use different techniques together. I will take as an example the usage of burn-down charts as described for Crystal Clear. However, this technique can also be found elsewhere, as in Scrum and Extreme Programming. A burn-down chart is a chart that …
Or Different Circumstances, Different Effectiveness in Techniques Traditional approaches (read “plan-driven”) will dictate that you first specify in detail what you want, before you start building the software. In the rigid approach, where you may not code anything before the design is approved, we call this the “Big Design Up-Front”. Photography by HouseOfText. We all …
I really hated this management mantra. I thought it was boring, because it turned the cool Project Manager into an accountant. I thought it was naive, as management is a black art. I was convinced it could not be done, you cannot measure everything. Yeah I know by now I was utterly wrong. Problem number …
One of the subscribers of my newsletter brought one old rule of thumb to my attention (thanks Terry!). I almost forgot this one. It is known as the 1:10:100 Rule: the cost to fix a defect increases exponentially the later in the development lifecycle that it is identified. Photography by Absolutwade. A defect caught in …
In my previous entry I discussed the underlying theories of plan-driven PM methods (based upon an article from Lauri Koskela and Greg Howell). I ended with the cliffhanger that I would inform you about the problems these theories generate… Tada… on with the show! We have the theory of project, management-as-planning, the dispatch model and …