Richard Lawrence

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Short Answers #1: When Stories Are Larger Than Planned

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I’m experimenting with video for what is likely become a new series here. In these “Short Answers” posts, I’ll answer an agile question in about a minute. Use the comments to suggest questions you’d like to see in future Short Answers.

In this post, I answer the question, “What should I do when I discover in the middle of a sprint that a story is larger than we planned?” Several people have asked me this, and the answer is not, “Suck it up and work 80 hours to get everything done.”

Written by Richard

December 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

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  1. Thank you Richard. Very helpful advice.

    Kevin Chambers

    11 Dec 08 at 8:44 am

  2. Glad it was helpful for you, Kevin. Anything else you’d like me to address here?

    Richard

    11 Dec 08 at 9:00 am

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