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Revision as of 08:36, 20 October 2014
…umpf, a big chunk.
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Get a big thing done.
Therefore:
Split it into bite-sized chunks that each deliver value.
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Because small is beautiful, there is a strong preference for small items, as they:
- enjoy shorter short cycle times;
- show more progress on the kanban board;
- take less effort to complete;
- are easier to understand;
- are easier to test and accept;
- provide a predicable and continuous flow that facilitates expectation management; and
- make “past results are a guarantee for the future” come true, just like yesterday’s weather.
To be specific, in planguage this looks like:
| Small Stories | |
|---|---|
| Scale | Average number of days per item. |
| Meter | Track the number of days per item in a control chart. |
| Wish | ≤ 2 days |
| Goal | ≤ 3 days |
| Must | ≤ 5 days |
| Now | 20 days |
| Therefore |
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Sources
- Google Docs » Henrik Kniberg, Alistair Cockburn » Elephant Carpaccio Exercise Facilitation Guide
- Alistair.Cockburn.us » Alistair Cockborn » Elephant Carpaccio exercise
- Pareltaal » Martien van Steenbergen » Verhalenhakker
- InfoQ » Savita Pahuja » Empirical Measurement of Cycle Time by Slicing Heuristic
- xProgramming » Ron Jeffries » Getting Small Stories
- NeilClick.com » Neil Click » My Slicing Heuristic Concept Explained