Managing Up

Estimation is the bane of many software developers' existence. Nick, Travis, and Brandon discuss (and argue) about why estimation can be valuable, whether it's too expensive, and what you can do to help your team deliver consistent value whether or not you're expected to estimate software. We estimated this episode should last about 30 minutes, so naturally it's just over 50. John Cutler on twitter: Hybrid Kanban board https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1080740227092639744 Scrum Guide (It's actually good and a quick read) https://www.scrumguides.org/docs/scrumguide/v2017/2017-Scrum-Guide-US.pdf Dave Thomas: Agile is Dead (Long Live Agility) https://pragdave.me/blog/2014/03/04/time-to-kill-agile.html Martin Fowler: The State of Agile in 2018 https://martinfowler.com/articles/agile-aus-2018.html Welcome to Scrum, where everything is made up and the points don't matter https://memegenerator.net/instance/46928911/welcome-to-whose-line-welcome-to-scrum-where-everything-is-made-up-and-the-points