David Alfaro: Scrum Costa Rica

I have the immense privilege of having this article by Gareth Powell. Initially, it was thought as a post, but it turned out to be a great article about why we estimate.

Quoting InsideAgile: “Dr. Gareth Powell is a Team Lead and Senior Architect at Ternary. Gareth’s 25 year background in software development includes key roles in the delivery of robust solutions for Wall Street and the Telecommunications Industry. […] He is passionate about improving programmers’ productivity and their ability to deliver useful solutions to customers, and he is an expert in the use of agile methodologies.”

Since February Gareth Powell has been working part-time in Aggiono team while visiting Costa Rica for his family to learn Spanish. His insight in our team has been great and I can tell you that his many good pieces of advice are helping us to improve our agile process, remember: you can always improve! Rotating the facilitator role for retrospectives, one week sprints, effective meetings, are just few examples of on how Gareth is helping us to inspect our everyday activities. Thank you Gareth!

In this article, Gareth Powell discusses estimation, covering the following points:

• Why it’s important
• Why it’s difficult
• The different dimensions of estimating
• How to incorporate estimates into a development effort
• Improving team-client interactions

The article does not address techniques for estimating.

Well, this is Gareth’s article, check it out, it is worth it!