RE: Re: Responsibility

Bill,

> > > This implies, I think, an EVMS (Earned Value Management System)
> > > approach, or
> > > something like it.  I wonder if XP practitioners, who don't, as I
> > > understand
> > > it, currently estimate the value of a feature but only the work
> > > it will take
> > > to implement it, would be willing to endorse this modification to XP's
> > > practices.  What do you think?
> >
> > I'm stunned. XP doesn't estimate value? Since XP claims to deliver the
> > highest value stories up front, I think you need to explain why you
> > say that. Do you mean we don't use dollars?
>
> Yes, I mean the explicit estimation of the value of a feature in dollars.

OK, that clarifies it.

> > Or are you excluding
> > the Customer role from "XP practitioners"?
>
> Not at all.  Are you saying that part of the current definition of the
> Customer role is to do that estimation in dollars?  I haven't come across
> that.  I was only aware of prioritization, not valuation.  If it is, then
> moving to an EVMS approach wouldn't be a big deal at all.  Assuming
> valuation is not currently part of the process, what implications do you
> think introducing it would have?

No, I wasn't saying that. My mention of dollars was just my guess
about what you meant. In XP, Customers estimate value in relative
terms like high, medium, low.

Charlie Poole
[email protected]
www.pooleconsulting.com
www.charliepoole.org





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