RE: Re: Practice: Weekly Cycle

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hodgetts [mailto:phodgetts-5PSskdmeComukZHgTAicrQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 December 2004 02:50
> To: xpbookdiscussiongroup-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xpe2e] Re: Practice: Weekly Cycle

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>  > a refactoring iteration to address these code smells. As the coach I'm
>  > trying to show how we can address these issues without
> resorting to this.
>
> Here's an idea:
>
> In your iteration retrospective, briefly visit each story, and
> ask if the story was "comfortably completed," where "comfort"
> means it wasn't rushed at the end of the iteration, minimal
> code smells were left un-addressed, there was sufficient time
> for Customer review and feedback, etc.  Keep track of the
> answers vs. story size over time.  Post these results on a BVC.
>
> If your hunch is correct, the larger stories should score low
> on the comfortably complete scale, and the small ones higher.



Thanks Paul,

Thats a great idea and as we are having a Retro today, I think I try it...


>
> If the team doesn't know how to answer "comfortably complete,"
> or can't agree on the criteria, that's another issue to visit.
>

Agreeing upon the criteria will no doubt be a problem, as there are
differing opinions as what 'complete' means.  The amount of refactoring and
the amount of code TDDd, how to test, etc, varies amongst the team members -
which is currently cause some 'friction'.

Andrew



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