Agile Misconceptions

When I first heard this about SCRUM points, I was ecstatic; "Goodbye accountability, hello smooth sailing. Our team will be able to work at their own pace and never have to worry about pressure again." Well, unfortunately, time is money and almost every project has a finite amount of time and a finite amount of money. Also, as my career flourished into portfolio management, whereby teams' deliverables had to be synchronized, the point system was not such a great idea after all. Trying to forecast for Iterations, Releases and "Go Live" dates became almost impossible with multiple different points systems. As a former developer, I liked the idea that points were based on complexity, and not effort or budget. However, as the years wore on, I started to notice one SCRUM team after another had their own formula, whereby points equated to effort, in some way or another. I soon realized that throughout life there is a universal language we all understand: time and money; and time costs money. Many may ask, How does time cost money? Every minute a team member sits at their desk, the meter is running, whereby money is diminishing every second, since that resource is receiving a paycheck whether they are working or not. HghPmUrp
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