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2009/4/4 Iain Burrows <iain.burrows at gmail.com>:
> Hello _,
> Another lurker with a question this time. I'd like to ask the list what
> techniques they use for requirements gathering and estimation. I have been
> investigating some agile approaches such as user stories, feature points and
> poker estimating and I'm not sure how effective they are. Does anyone have
> any experience they can share - what worked well, what didn't,
> any particular challenges that had to be overcome first etc?
>
> If a little context helps, i'm currently working in a small team for a large
> corporate. Agile / Lean development is gaining popularity there.  Whilst
> this may not be the typical environment for _'ers any experience of /
> thoughts about agile planning & estimation would be appreciated
>

While on the subject of agile has anyone any experience/views/pointers
on Kanban?

I'm looking at how a development/release process that involved
offshore parties can be improved and whether we can move beyond our
current once a month release cycle.

Cheers

Andy