16 Oct, 2008 | Written by Frank Carver | under Information
We don’t use scrum as such, but we still face the issue of team-member absence during fixed iterations. It’s a tricky one to deal with, especially as absence comes in both predictable and unpredictable forms.
InfoQ has a nice summary of some of these issues and some solutions. There is till no “silver bullet” for this, though. Losing staff will almost always mean losing productivity, which in turn means that iteration (“sprint”) commitments will need to be renegotiated, which works best if stakeholders are informed as soon as possible.
For years Frank Carver has been paying attention to the strange world of convergent technology. During that time he has discussed and researched broad subject areas, come to some surprising conclusions, produced and distributed digital media, scattered ideas and opinions like sparks from a firework, and above all consulted for businesses both large and small to help develop and deploy successful systems, services, and products in this highly complex arena.
