Foreword
In reading a book or manuscript for the first time I always ask myself the same question, “What is the author adding to the state of the art on this subject?” In Mike’s case the answer is twofold: His book adds to our knowledge of “how” to do estimating and planning, and it adds to our knowledge of “why” certain practices are important.
Agile planning is deceptive. At one level, it’s pretty easy—create a few story cards, prioritize them, allocate them to release iterations, then add additional detail to get a next iteration plan. You can show a team the basics of planning in a couple of hours, and they can actually turn out a tolerable plan (for a small project) in a few more hours. Mike’s book will greatly help teams move from producing ...
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