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Agile Project Metrics

Presented by Dave Nicolette on Oct 30, 2009

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Agile Techniques
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Summary
Project managers new to agile methods often have questions about how to track progress on agile projects. Some of the traditional measures don’t line up very naturally with agile thinking and agile practices. The presentation shows how to project realistic completion dates based on empirical observations based on Velocity for iterative methods and on Cumulative Flow for non-iterative methods.

Bio
An IT professional since 1977, Dave Nicolette discovered Agile in 2002 and found it solved or alleviated many of the problems inherent in traditional IT. Since then, he has been a dedicated practitioner and ardent proponent of change toward Agile and Lean thinking and practices.

About the conference
Agile 2009 is an exciting international industry conference that presents the latest techniques, technologies, attitudes and first-hand experience, from both a management and development perspective, for successful Agile software development.

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VersionOne is recognized by Agile practitioners as the leader in Agile project management tools. Companies such as Adobe, BBC, CNN, Dow, HP, IBM, Sony and 3M have turned to VersionOne to help deliver greater value to their customers.

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Metrics for Ongoing Maintenance & Support by Theron James Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:16 PM
Re: Metrics for Ongoing Maintenance & Support by Mark Levison Posted Nov 16, 2009 11:48 AM
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    Metrics for Ongoing Maintenance & Support

    Nov 5, 2009 10:16 PM by Theron James

    What metrics are better for Ongoing Maintenance & Support when using Scrum.

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    Re: Metrics for Ongoing Maintenance & Support

    Nov 16, 2009 11:48 AM by Mark Levison

    Theron - I would ask what does the customer value in this case? I have my own ideas but would like to hear yours.

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    Mark Levison
    Co-Founder and Consultant - TheAgileConsortium

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