managers: three things your agile dev team want you to know

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this is a good

thing for all

of us. LET US CONCENTRATE ON MOVING tickets across the board AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

CONTEXT SWITCHING IS EXPENSIVE: it

takes time to “ramp up”, so it’s best

if we start each task just once.

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HAPPENSStuff

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the highest value features first

time

customer value

YOU get to choose WHEN

enough value has been

delivered

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