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Work Planning

This document is still WIP

Summary

Funny comic about Estimating

Goal

To take an item out of the "Planning" list, and get it into the "Backlog".

Requirements

  • Should not take all day

Process

I'm mostly just going to be rehashing Getting Things Done's Natural Planning Method and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, because I think they're awesome.

  1. Purpose & Principles
  2. Outcome Visioning
  3. Brainstorming
  4. Organising
  5. Determining Next Actions

Habit 3: Put First Things First

The primary objective is to determine what the next Key Feature is, and how to get it done.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

  • Ballpark Estimations

Determining how to Get It Done

Why

If everyone's not on the same page about why we're doing what we're doing, people can easily have conflicting opinions for the wrong reasons.

Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood

  • Why do we need this feature?
  • Why are we having this meeting?
  • Why do we need an ETA?

What

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

How

Who

What


Team Brainstorm 1 person develop spec first draft team view spec repeat prev 2 steps until happy determine next actions

Review

  • how well did we do each of the things
  • "Coverage" estimating what work was involved
  • "Accuracy" estimating how long each piece of work would take, also, estimating how long it would take to get done (taking into account external delays)
  • "Time Taken" how long did we spend work planning