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Why Measure Lead & Cycle Time?

This article covers some common questions on the purpose of Lead Time and Cycle Time measurements in software development. Lead Time and Cycle Time means different things to different people, depending on when the clock starts, team purpose and industry, so let’s be specific on what states or steps can be measured, with the Definition

BY @BarryAgile IN Agile, Development, Kanban, Lean, Management, Team Agile, CycleTime, Kanban, LeadTime, Lean, Visualise, Workflow

Is your team really Agile or mini Waterfall?

We have all heard it before: a team states with some confidence how Agile or Lean they are, maybe because they work in iterations (or sprints), manage their work on task boards or both. However, what is often unclear and usually controversial is, are they really practicing Agile or are they mini Waterfall or ‘Wagile’? We

BY @BarryAgile IN Agile, Development, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Management, Planning, Scrum, Team, Waterfall

Should defects be estimated?

Within a development iteration or sprint, ensuring a story meets its acceptance criteria and passes its test case should be part of the story estimate and the Definition of Done. If a number of defects are identified after the iteration where the story was completed, e.g. identified during Regression Testing of the entire product in

BY @BarryAgile IN Agile, Development, Estimation, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Management, Planning, Scrum, Team