Comments on: Improve Your Productivity In 4 Hours http://www.webdevkungfu.com/improve-your-productivity-in-4-hours/ design/development blog of systemsevendesigns.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave http://www.webdevkungfu.com/improve-your-productivity-in-4-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-10278 Dave Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.webdevkungfu.com/improve-your-productivity-in-4-hours/#comment-10278 Congrats on the new baby! Scrum/Agile methods in general really have tried to institutionalize this idea of shorter feedback loops, and story-driven development (versus doing a bunch of tasks). I think the key is the small steps help keep the team motivated by getting quick wins. I've got a blog entry on this here: http://www.extremeplanner.com/blog/2007/03/small-wins-agile-psychology.html Congrats on the new baby!

Scrum/Agile methods in general really have tried to institutionalize this idea of shorter feedback loops, and story-driven development (versus doing a bunch of tasks).

I think the key is the small steps help keep the team motivated by getting quick wins. I’ve got a blog entry on this here: http://www.extremeplanner.com/blog/2007/03/small-wins-agile-psychology.html

]]> By: Derrick http://www.webdevkungfu.com/improve-your-productivity-in-4-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-10255 Derrick Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:52:32 +0000 http://www.webdevkungfu.com/improve-your-productivity-in-4-hours/#comment-10255 I have been using a similar model for about a year. I find the whole project moves much faster when a small number of small milestones are worked vigorously early in the project. It provides a great opportunity to go back with a more detailed time/$ spec for the client and to develop a timeline that is much more achievable than the initial consultation. Thanks for helping me recognize what I was actually doing :-) I have been using a similar model for about a year. I find the whole project moves much faster when a small number of small milestones are worked vigorously early in the project. It provides a great opportunity to go back with a more detailed time/$ spec for the client and to develop a timeline that is much more achievable than the initial consultation. Thanks for helping me recognize what I was actually doing :-)

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