Deadlines and target dates
What gets measured gets done
The power of setting dates
The unknowns: the case of renovating the 100-year-old colonial (Nancy & Dietrich's story?)
Is it a learning experience? Discovery and constant improvement: exactly what went wrong, what are we changing to prevent it form happening again, if it happens again, how can we find out sooner and recover faster?
Repeatable processes
The problem of signing off on spec's: XP lessons?
CMM and Waterfall
Importance of signing-up - Tracy Kidder story?
Importance of iteration
Humility: 50% of what you need to know...
The architect's triangle
Search for target date quotes
Beck/XP quote on PM?
Extreme Programming principle: do the minimum solution that adds value...Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren't_gonna_need_it YAGNI
1. ^ Extreme Programming Installed, Ronald E. Jeffries, Ann Anderson, Chet Hendrickson, 2001, 265 pages, p. 190, webpage: Books-Google-dIsC, quote: "YAGNI: 'You Aren't Gonna Need It.' This slogan, one of XP's most famous..., reminds us always to work on the story we have, not something we think we're going to need."
2. ^ Jump up to:a b Extreme Programming examined, Giancarlo Succi, Michele Marchesi, 2001, 569 pages, p., webpage: Books-Google-VSCh, quote: "XP says 'do the simplest thing that could possibly work ' because 'you aren't gonna need it'."
3. ^ Jump up to:a b Object-oriented & classical software engineering, Stephen R. Schach, 2007, 618 pages, p., webpage: Book-Google-hWwh, quote: "Two acronyms now associated with extreme programming are YAGNI (you aren't gonna need it) and DTSTTCPW (do the simplest thing that could possibly work)." |