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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Anchoring

Anchoring and adjustment is a psychological heuristic that influences the way people intuitively assess probabilities. According to this heuristic, people start with an implicitly suggested reference point (the “anchor”) and make adjustments to it to reach their estimate.
– Wikipedia
The team managing the project portfolio in a large enterprise need to come up with a rough [...]

Increasing Velocity

Developers reach deadlines faster if they skip TDD in the same way that skydivers reach the ground faster if they skip parachutes.