tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831777.post8825225078230029236..comments2008-07-04T16:03:34.929-04:00Damon Poolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16561311551267979837damon@accurev.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831777.post-50141822194907800102008-07-04T16:03:00.000-04:002008-07-04T16:03:00.000-04:00Hi Abby,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words. This post comes from a powerpoint I put together that shows traditional vs agile in a single (animated) slide and I was trying to use a reasonable timeframe for the traditional project of six months. By using 2 month iterations I didn't have to come up with 6 features and go through each one in the example. :-) I should probably update the post to reflect what I just said above so folks don't get the impression that a 2 month iteration is a good thing. Hmm, I suppose I could keep the timeframe to 6 months, do the first three months of each and reduce the other 3 to "and so on." Thanks again for your comments.Damon Poolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16561311551267979837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13831777.post-22467434650443515072008-07-04T11:07:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:07:00.000-04:00Wow! That's a lot to cover in such a short piece. I think you did a good job compressing it, although I feel like I want to pipe in and add that there's so much more agile goodness!<BR/><BR/>Scott Ambler did a really awesome workshop at last year's SD Best Practices that compared and contrasted traditional vs. agile I wrote a little about it <A HREF="http://haxrchick.blogspot.com/2007/09/traditional-and-agile-and-mini.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> - might give you some other ideas if you were interested. I think his main point was that the ultra compressed timeframe forces us to work more collaboratively, which in turn winds up being so much more efficient then a sequential effort of throwing things over walls.<BR/><BR/>One nitpick - I got a little hung up on the two month iterations ("is that really agile?"). Could you make this work with 2 week iterations inside of a 2 month release (you don't have to deploy every iteration, right?). Or maybe even just 1 month iterations? <BR/>--<BR/><A HREF="http://haxrchick.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Hacker Chick Blog</A>abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805958673888992905noreply@blogger.com