Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
Whenever I was nagged, my inclination, as foolish as it was, was to do the exact opposite.
Clarke Ching • Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
I see that every week or so we will actually finish something. We finish something and then we give it to our customers and they tell us whether they like it or not.
Clarke Ching • Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
Small batches would force our customers to prioritize.
Clarke Ching • Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
small batch was a small project in which we delivered a small selection of features; not just a small selection, but a small selection of the most important features.
Clarke Ching • Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
put the most important stuff at the top, and then the next most important and then the next. It gave them and their editors huge flexibility.
Clarke Ching • Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Agile Business Novel that NEVER mentions Agile.
Each team included at least one person from each role, and they all sat together to work on a specific feature.