chance
A constant dialogue
The gods who live beneath names
Possible lives
In Defense of Browsing
Stepping stones in possibility space
A few things that could be poetry
The art of finding what you didn’t know you were looking for
A brief foray into vectorial semantics
Micromorts
Chance favors the prepared mind
Software that nobody wants
The 'date scrum' anti-pattern
Date Scrum is an R&D pattern where developers are asked to estimate software project requirements upfront for the entirety of the project. After the project is green lighted and the budget is set based on the final estimates, the team then holds daily scrums to status and manage risk as they “iterate” the solution toward the release date. To some, this approach is described as doing Waterfall in sprints.
The fundamental problem with Date Scrum is that the team is de-focused from discovering the best solution. Instead they are heavily focused on delivering Something™ by the Date™. Engineers are problem solvers, and if the primary problem becomes delivering Something™ that will pass QA by the Date™, they will, with enough pressure, solve that exact problem.