Doc Norton

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Doc NortonOct 2, 2024
Margaret EldridgeOct 2, 2024

Celebrating the release of Escape Velocity: Better Metrics for Agile Teams by Doc Norton. PragProg is proud to be distributing this book, which was produced entirely by the author.

https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/escape-velocity-better-metrics-for-agile-teams-1ee630e4696e

Pick up the ebook:
https://pragprog.com/titles/d-dnescape/escape-velocity

#agile #teams #books #pragprog @DocOnDev

Escape Velocity: Better Metrics for Agile Teams - The Pragmatic Programmers - Medium

Escape Velocity: Better Metrics for Agile Teams by Doc Norton is now available from The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Escape Velocity is the result of over 15 years of experience working with teams to improve…

The Pragmatic Programmers
Doc NortonMay 22, 2023

Quite often, it isn't that leaders in a company don't want things to improve - It's just that their definition of improvement differs vastly from yours.

#leadership

Doc NortonMay 22, 2023
Show threadBruno BaketarićMay 21, 2023

@DocOnDev To get that argument out of the game, I tracked Throughput in Story Points and as count of work items for a while.

Correlation was high and so we stopped using Story Points and estimating.

Well, in the meantime the team moved away from sprinting also. But that's another story.

Doc NortonMay 21, 2023

Among the causes of variable throughput on a team, inaccurate estimates is NOT one of the primary causes. Please stop blaming the team and start looking at the system.

https://t.co/LfOPXgm1RL

#agile #velocity #scrum #metrics

Escape Velocity — DocOnDev

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Doc NortonMay 20, 2023

When someone tells you about a problem they're having, it's not necessarily a solicitation for advice on how to fix it. - @searls

#leadership

Doc NortonMay 19, 2023

It is easier
to write an
incorrect program
than
understand a
correct one.

~ Unknown

#SoftwareDevelopment

Doc NortonMay 18, 2023
The gap
between
"Here's what worked for us"
and
"Here's what you should do"
is often
perceived as
tiny
but is usually
absolutely
m a s s i v e.
Doc NortonMay 17, 2023

"Responding to Change OVER Following a Plan"
Is not the same as
"Winging it OVER Having a Plan".

#agile

Doc NortonMay 16, 2023
There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all. - Peter F. Drucker
Doc NortonMay 15, 2023

If it took you nearly a year, all core functionality is robustly implemented, and you are showing it to pilot users for the first time, it is not an MVP.

#ExperimentationMindset #SoftwareDevelopment #agile