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different project hurdles<br />

340 Chapter 9<br />

Below are three burn-down graphs. It’s up to you to decide what to do next.<br />

What would you do next?<br />

Here, the team just got finished at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />

iteration, so there’s likely nothing you can squeeze in.<br />

However, that steep drop at the end probably means<br />

something was skipped. Testing is going to be vital<br />

after this iteration, and you should probably expect<br />

to schedule some time next iteration for refactoring<br />

and cleanup, to recover from the rush. You could<br />

probably revisit your task breakdown approach, too,<br />

as well as take a look at adjusting velocity.<br />

What would you do next?<br />

In this iteration, things wrapped up early; the<br />

team may have a couple <strong>of</strong> days at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />

iteration. If the project has been ticking along for<br />

a little bit, you may have a backlog <strong>of</strong> bugs you can<br />

start to tick <strong>of</strong>f. Or, depending on how big your<br />

stories are, you might be able to grab the highest<br />

priority story waiting for the next iteration and<br />

get started on that.<br />

What would you do next?<br />

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Nothing! This team is late already. Before the<br />

next iteration, you should look at what caused the<br />

slowdown and whether it’s a velocity problem, an<br />

estimation problem, or something else. Chances are<br />

there’s unfinished code, too, which means there<br />

are going to be bugs coming your way. Make sure<br />

you leave room in the next iteration to cover any<br />

problems that come up.

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