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You don't need story-points either
Or an estimation-less approach to software development I’ve had too many conversations (and overheard a few) about re-estimating stories or “re-baselining” the effort required for so… more »
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You don't need story-points either
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Amit Rathore wrote 2 weeks ago: Or an estimation-less approach to software development I’ve had too many conversations (and ov … more »
The Complexity Implementation Tangle
leftshift wrote 2 months ago: Using relative complexity in your estimation is quite an effective estimating technique. To do this … more »
Weather and Driving: A New Application
ideambulate wrote 3 months ago: The weather affects how long it takes to travel from one place to the next, but I’m not aware … more »
The Dantzig selector: Statistical estimation when p is much larger than n
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Terence Tao wrote 3 months ago: Over two years ago, Emmanuel Candés and I submitted the paper “The Dantzig selector: Statisti … more »
Why I don't use real hours for sprint planning
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Amit Rathore wrote 4 months ago: OK, so several of my friends and colleagues pointed me to Mike Cohn’s recent blog post about w … more »
Best of Feeds - 34 links - programming, google, lifehacks, ruby, funny
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engtech wrote 9 months ago: RSS feeds are like cookies (that are good enough for me). Best of Feeds is a weekly collection of th … more »
Estimation - a necessary evil
Amit Rathore wrote 11 months ago: Recent conversations with some co-workers have prompted me to realize that both sides are equally ri … more »
Measuring actuals considered harmful
Amit Rathore wrote 12 months ago: I don’t quite know what it is, but some project managers really like to measure ‘actuals … more »
If estimation is harmful... then, what's not?
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Amit Rathore wrote 1 year ago: Or leaner Agile - part II (Part I is here) During conversations with a couple of co-workers about es … more »
Story points - handling unknowns
Amit Rathore wrote 1 year ago: I’m a big fan of using - story - points to estimate effort on software development projects. I … more »
Back of the envelope
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Phil Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Confronted with a novel problem at work or at home, the first thing that anyone from several generat … more »
Math Should Be Taught Differently In Schools
Jake wrote 3 weeks ago: The majority of people who learn mathematics in school (K-12) will only use a very small subset of w … more »
Estimation in the dark
moffdub wrote 1 month ago: I avoided it as long as possible, but the time came when the business guys on The Project wanted me … more »
Centroid estimation in discrete high-dimensional spaces
Luk Arbuckle wrote 1 month ago: A point estimate of a parameter is a single number intended to be as close as possible to the true v … more »
Estimation, Planning and Goals: All Different I Say!
tcagley wrote 1 month ago: Estimation, Planning and Goals: All Different I Say! Thomas M. Cagley Jr. Audio - at www.spamcast.n … more »
Econometrics lit review in video
Luk Arbuckle wrote 1 month ago: The National Bureau of Economic Research—a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization … more »
Confidence, prediction, and tolerance intervals explained
Luk Arbuckle wrote 1 month ago: JMP, a business division of SAS, has a short seven page white paper that describes the differences b … more »
Give One, Take a Lot More: Using Benchmark Fractions or Estimating Them
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vkier wrote 3 months ago: Create one example of using benchmarks or estimation and fractions (see Example 8-9 on page 186 in t … more »
Change Management
tskraghu wrote 3 months ago: The other evening, I was returning home with my colleague who is in the marketing function preparing … more »
