Drunk Agile
Episode 78 - Just In Time Over Prioritization
Oct 30, 2023
Exploring the concept of 'just in time' in project management and the superiority of limiting work in progress. The podcast discusses the inefficiency of ordering backlogs and highlights the benefits of real-time prioritization. It also emphasizes the importance of dependency elimination over dependency management and challenges traditional agile practices by advocating for continuous flow and just-in-time delivery.
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- Prioritizing and ordering backlogs waste time and divert attention from actively working on tasks already promised to customers, so favoring just-in-time decisions and limiting work in progress is more effective.
- Traditional prioritization in agile frameworks often prioritize what to start rather than what to finish, resulting in plans that are unlikely to be right, so investing in stability, continuous flow, and just-in-time approaches allow for better forecasting and planning through actual work execution.
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Favoring Just-in-Time Over Prioritization
The podcast discusses the concept of favoring just-in-time over prioritization in agile methodologies. It argues that prioritizing and ordering backlogs wastes time and diverts attention from actively working on tasks that have already been promised to customers. The focus should be on limiting work in progress and starting tasks only when capacity allows. The podcast emphasizes the importance of creating a stable system and continuously updating the backlog based on new information and customer requests. Just-in-time allows for flexibility and adapting to changing priorities.
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