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Performance targets considered harmful
Earlier this week I was involved in a discussion about staff compensation, and one of our number said, in response to someone who was struggling with the issue, “Does your team have targets? Get rid of ‘em.” I couldn’t have agreed more. One major problem with targets comes about when they are different from the … Continue reading
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A few words about meaningful metrics. When implementing a change of working a while back in my development team my boss of the time said, “Well, okay, but I want you to show me that your changes are making a difference”. What’s the metric for better software? I knew all about the dangers of measuring … Continue reading
I’ve long wanted the ability to create burn-up charts for very, very simple projects, where a project tracking tool would be considered overkill. So I took some time out recently and I’ve come up with a spreadsheet that does this. My criteria were: low tech (well, as low as a spreadsheet can be); must be … Continue reading
A tweet escaped from Product Tank this week from Benjamin Mitchell, watching Tom Loosemore talk about alphagov: “It’s a mix of ignoring them [non-Agile managers] & making shit up” #ProductTank How is this consistent w/ Agile values of openness & trust? There’s a conference-worth of material to unpack from that question. You can make up … Continue reading
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