SCRUM

SCRUM (Jeff Sutherland)

  • Good book overall. Could have been a lot shorter. too many examples / too much bragging / I think the idea. Would be interesting to try to implement
  • Only problem with Gantt charts: they are always wrong.
  • Gantt charts used to plan WWI (developed just prior)
  • Main idea: Whenever you start a project why not regularly check in to see if heading in the right direction/is actually what people want.
  • 80% of the value of any piece of software in 20% of the features. Mental Models
  • People > process / Products that work > documenting specs / Collaborating > negotiating / responding to change > following a plan
  • Three daily questions: What did you do since last meeting ? What are you going to do next ? What is getting in your way ?
  • That very large groups do LESS seems to be an iron clad rule of human nature.
  • Changing TEAM performance much more important (by orders of magnitude) than changing individual performance. Rationality Leadership
  • Dont look for bad people, look for bad systems - one that incentivize bad behaviors and reward poor performance Rationality
  • Time makes up your life, wasting it is a form of suicide.
  • A team that depends on regular heroic actions to make its deadlines is not working the way it should.
  • Normal Project Management Planning is stupid because people are so bad at predicting how much work something requires.
  • Key to refine they plan THROUGHOUT they project, rather than do it all up front.
  • What is the little improvement that can be done right away that will make things better?
  • He who will defend everything, defends nothing.

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