Comments on: Predictability is Bad for Your Business http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/11/12/predictability-is-bad-for-your-business/ Making Agile Work Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: israelgat http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/11/12/predictability-is-bad-for-your-business/#comment-749 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:35:11 +0000 http://theagileexecutive.com/?p=3515#comment-749 I would actually characterize the phenomenon as violation of the Agile Triangle (as distinct from the Agile Iron Triangle). The key concept to bear in mind is value over constraints. See Figure 1.3 in the July 2009 edition of Jim Highsmith’s Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products for the evolution of the thinking:

Traditional Iron Triangle –> Agile Iron Triangle –> Agile Triangle

Israel

]]> By: Mike Lunt http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/11/12/predictability-is-bad-for-your-business/#comment-748 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:38:21 +0000 http://theagileexecutive.com/?p=3515#comment-748 I believe Google solves some of this problem with their 20 percent time, and others have solved this by creating separate incubator groups.

Having been in Agile shops for a while, I have come to believe “reliable delivery” is a form of predictability for an engineering team. In the case you mentioned, I assume you are referring to a violation of the Iron Triangle.

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