Re: Practice: Weekly Cycle

I second that.

/Erik Lundh
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From: "Michael Feathers" <mfeathers-mn4gwa5WIIQysxA8WJXlww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [xpe2e] Practice: Weekly Cycle


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> Kent Beck wrote:
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> > The problems to be solved are:
> >   * Having a sense of progress
> >   * Having an accurate measure of progress
> >   * Delivering efficiently
> >   * Tracking changing needs
> >   * Building a trust-based relationship inside and outside the team
> >   * Enabling the team to offer accountability
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> > One of my principles is working with human nature, including natural
time
> > cycles. One week and one month are common cycles. That's why I'm
> > suspicious
> > of two-week iterations--fortnights aren't nearly as widely used as
either
> > weeks or months.
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> > I have a question for those using two week iterations. After the first
> > week,
> > how do you know if you are half done? Is this even an interesting
> > question?
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> On one week cycles, how do we know on Wednesday?
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> Seriously, I don't know what the best cycle time is, but my observation
> is that one size really can't fit all.
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> Michael Feathers
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