Dan LeFebvre is the Agile Coach at Kronos. He was part of an agile rollout to over 500 people in engineering over the past 2 years. He is continuing to introduce new agile techniques and finding ways to merge agile into the company culture. Dan has over 20 years of software development experience in industries like database development, communication software, and workforce management. 

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Language for Discussing Releases 02 Apr 07
"I'm taking off a letter grade because this wasn't turned in on the due date." "Don't be late!" Growing up, we quickly understand that being late is a bad thing. So when a project runs behind, we do whatever it takes to turn it around, even if those behaviors do more harm than good. Agile projects need a to discuss releases in a way that removes the guilt and focuses on appropriate action.

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On Language for Discussing Releases
One way to create the "cone" is to average the 3 highest and the 3 lowest velocities. Therefore, the cone is a empirical representation of the team's history. If the variability in team membership is part of the normal course of events, then the t...