Chapter 9 – Managing to Milestones

Explains how app projects can be organized and managed and gives some recommendations about strategies that have worked for me.

• Never Agree to “30% Down And I’ll Talk To You In 3 Months”
• Minimizing Risk with Frequent Milestones
• How I Learned to Stopped Grumbling and Love Milestones
• Milestones Are Not Sprints
• Organization, Sequencing, and Focus
  • Organization
  • Sequencing
  • Focus
• Let Conway’s Law Be Your Guide
• Scheduling Software Strongly Suggested
• Remember That Estimates Are Only Estimates
  • Familiarity
  • Uncertainty
  • Isolation
  • Padding
  • Granularity
  • Estimated Tasks Aren’t Final Tasks
• Renovation Versus New Construction
• Estimates and Entomology
• Plan Reevaluation and Project Feedback Loops
• Wrapping Up