You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2022)

Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2... by robertlagrant on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:02AM (#35858885)

I think I'd pick any team, not just software, telling me when something will exist over them saying they're more efficient. Efficient isn't even a metric I'd understand in most cases, e.g. a plumber telling me the house will be done as efficiently as possible but I won't know when any particular room will be unavailable so I can't plan around that info.

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Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2... by alfons_foobar on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:57AM (#35860202)

But isn't the problem exactly that, that oftentimes we cannot know in advance how long it will take to implement X?

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Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2... by tharkun__ on Monday May 08, 2023 @08:09PM (#35868641)

I think your parent is trying to say that you won't hire the plumber that only tells you he will be efficient doing his job. But you will hire the plumber that tells you "if I don't find surprises behind the wall, this is a 2 hour job". And then he opens up the wall and finds old corroded iron piping he has to trace down to where it attaches to the main line and replace it all or else you won't get your new bathroom done at all.

And that job takes more than 2 hours. You could also have said "well if that's the case can you poke some exploratory holes in the drywall please so I can get a better estimate" (aka a "spike").

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