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Delivering Value
I’m one of those people who thinks estimation is a waste of time and I am a supporter of the #NoEstimates movement. The reason being I don’t think it adds any value, and at best it starts a conversation in the team. It does not add value to the process or the products when we endlessly argue about if it should be a certain estimate. Estimates does not add value when team members cop out of the discussion or just agrees to whatever the first estimate is given. And this applies to estimates given in hours, story points or how many bananas the team can eat in a sprint.
SYSTEMANTICS. THE SYSTEMS BIBLE
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Being agile in enterprise
This is an interesting podcast about how Google created a new product in an entirely new domain and how they did in an enterprise environment.
Sparring vs Coaching
In the podcast 10 lessons on career, growth, and life Brian Balfour has a nice comment about sparring versus coaching.
I’m paraphrasing it a bit but you’ll get the idea
Have a sparring partner to get better. Coaching will only take you so far. Your sparring partner is in the arena with you and can give you timely feedback.