Incremental Stories and Micro‑Releases

Wherein our hero talks about his experiences writing effective stories that get features shipped leaner and sooner.

Posted August 29, 2008

Agile estimating and planning is difficult. One of the practices that we are learning and adopting at Hashrocket that has truly improved our ability to ship is micro-releases. The idea, championed by author Joshua Kerievsky, is that constantly planning and shipping small, feature based incremental releases within the iterative cycle drives the delivery of tangible business value. In other words, the most important stuff gets shipped sooner.

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