12Maximizing Investment Development Productivity
I'm including this chapter because I've seen so many inefficient Agile implementations where productivity has decreased. Most of them abandoned proven software engineering quality practices because they were viewed as overhead that slows Agile development. And, “If we get it wrong, we can fix it quickly.” The code created in a sprint is pretty much built and tested the same way it has been done for decades, just in shorter cycle times. Agile development should not be a step backward. Good software engineering practices can reduce cycle time and development costs.
We've shown how to get the maximum value using current engineering resources with Investment Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritization. ...
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