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Re: How Do You Decide How Long Things Will Take (in a SCRUM Shop)?
Subject:Re: How Do You Decide How Long Things Will Take (in a SCRUM Shop)? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:17:30 -0700
Unfortunately, it was common that (1) most of the programmers would be
working on chunks that were invisible until some other programmer
wrote a UI chunk, and (2) the user task to be documented required
several programmers to complete and check in their chunks. So the
programmers might have to work for four or five months before there
would be an alpha build that the writer could work with.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Geoff Hart<ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:
> ... "the documentation will be ready 2 weeks
> after you freeze the interface". That's probably the best answer for a
> micromanager who wants to know how long it will take. Point out
> cheerfully that this statement applies to the documentation for each
> chunk of the code, not for the software as a whole, and that you might
> be able to squeeze it down to 1 week per chunk if they can guarantee
> quick turnaround time reviewing and approving the docs. ...
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