tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91156446058333841382024-03-13T21:16:17.380+01:00X de XavierUnos y ceros. A veces, en el orden adecuado.-Xvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954073038736466058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115644605833384138.post-32429324146914383392007-01-04T23:12:00.001+01:002007-01-08T06:26:09.184+01:00Planning PokerI'm reading <a href="http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/index">Mike Cohn</a>'s <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Agile Estimating and Planning</span></span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0131479415&amp;amp;amp;tag=xdexa-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xdexa-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=1" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2F0131479415&amp;amp;amp;tag=xdexavie-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738">amazon.co.uk</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=xdexavie-21&amp;amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=2" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" />)</span>; so far, a great book. <a href="http://www.cutter.com/meet-our-experts/jhbio.html">Jim Highsmith</a>'s <a href="http://www.phptr.com/content/images/0131479415/forward/0131479415_foreword_highsmith.pdf">foreword</a> is well worth reading.<br /><br />On the chapter of techniques for estimating, Cohn describes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Planning Poker</span>, something that feels so simple and effective that you almost have to run to join your team and give it a try. You can read the description at <a href="http://www.planningpoker.com/detail.html">http://www.planningpoker.com/detail.html</a>. The site hosts a tool to enable distributed teams to play Planning Poker. Disclaimer: I still haven't played poker nor checked the tool.<br /><br />One the nice things of Planning Poker is that it is not tied at all to software development: projects from other domains that have to be sized by guestimates (like writing a complex report) fit nicely in this approach.-Xvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954073038736466058noreply@blogger.com0