Jeff McKenna's Page

"A task burndown which is initially derived from tasks and estimates is a useful tool for the team to use during the sprint. It helps them recognize what they are actually doing. Task burndowns give the team a way to recognize that they need to focus…"

"The value of tasking is in learning and communication not prediction. New teams use tasking to be more realistic on what the work for a story really entails. That said, a mature team often does not need to task. When teams are having trouble with…"

"Having early stories to flesh out the use cases is a common approach. Not to the level of detail that some use case folks do but to mock up the IF and clarify the flow. This also help identify the steps/stages and allows for some naming to occur.…"

"I like the term reliability. You can compare teams on this. Once a standard of reliability is reached then raising the quality bar is desirable. I think the best leading indicator is the time from when a bug is introduced into the system until a fix…"