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Phil Vuollet's avatar

Definitely harder to measure and attribute! I gave praise last week on two separate stories that took longer than expected. Why? Each produced an artifact that will reduce future effort via re-use and promote higher cohesion.

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Mark S. Carroll ✅'s avatar

Kent Beck reminding us why Agile began as a human movement, not a metrics machine.

“Effort → Output → Outcome → Impact” reads like a manifesto in miniature — start simple, measure meaningfully, and don’t mistake motion for progress.

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Vinicius Policena's avatar

I know we already have "the simplest thing that could possibly work", however "simple tools first" is a hell of a name for a thinkie.

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Verity's avatar

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work.

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