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		<title>Software Estimation Series on IBMadison.com</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2011/10/19/software-estimation-series-starts-on-ibmadison-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, In Business Madison, for running my blog series on the software estimation problem and how to work around it, for both the customer/sponsor and delivery side. Software Estimation—The Brutal Facts (18 October 2011). Why software estimates are inaccurate, why they’re not likely to get better, and why it’s a business problem, not just an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, WI BADD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank You to the three Wisconsin IIBA chapters who hosted the fourth annual WI BADD™ on Tuesday, 10/5/2010, and the firms that sponsored it. I met some new people and learned some new things, and I know that was a lot of work to put on. Thanks also to the enthusiastic audience for my talk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estimation Talk at WI BADD, October 5, Madison WI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert spoke on “Room to Breathe: The Vital Role of the BA in Shaping Early Project Effort Expectations” at WI BADD™, the Wisconsin Business Analysis Development Day, on Tuesday 10/5/2010 in Madison, WI.]]></description>
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		<title>If you’re always late, a faster car won’t help</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Why were they late for the meeting? A: They didn&#8217;t leave soon enough. But&#8230;they got stopped by a train, and they remembered that they needed to pick up a loaf of bread, and&#8230;they have a slow car! Details like speed limits and the police aside, what do the car, and the bread, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Function Points and Agile Methods (I promise I won&#8217;t tell)</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2009/07/13/function-points-and-agile-methods-i-promise-i-wont-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re an IT shop considering agile methods, your existing Function Point Analysis (FPA) capability can be a a valuable asset. It freaks many agile-methods advocates out when I tell them, but I routinely follow a user story workshop with a Function Point count. I already knew FPA when the project-contracting house I worked for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diminishing Returns&#8211;A Key Agile Principle</title>
		<link>http://www.ufunctional.com/2009/02/06/diminishing-returns-a-key-agile-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Real Agile teams don&#8217;t waste time on X.” “You can&#8217;t deliver quality software without getting X right first.” My favorite quote from fantasy writer and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis is this: “(The Devil) often sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites&#8230;He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually [...]]]></description>
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