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The Dream Team Nightmare
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The Dream Team Nightmare

by Portia Tung
November 2013
Beginner
304 pages
5h 2m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Street Fight

“No one dare mention ‘wishful thinking,’” blurts out Cassandra. “I’m sick and tired of this. Every time we ask IT for something, we always get shortchanged. It’s a miracle we remain wishful.”

The team now feels under attack. Again. Not only is the team being asked to deliver six times the amount of work in comparison with their average historical velocity, the team perceives Cassandra’s blatant disregard for quality as the cause for many of the problems in the past that have resulted in the technical debt they continue to have to pay for today.

“How many times do we have to tell you?” says Roger, his voice getting louder with every word he utters. “We don’t do magic. We build software. We could try to implement everything you ...

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