About this episode

This episode discusses the significant amount of effort spent on rework in software projects and its impact on project timelines.

The Cost of Rework No One Talks About Here’s a number that stopped me cold when I first saw it: 30 to 50 percent of all effort on software projects is spent on rework. Not building. Not shipping. Redoing work that was already done. That stat comes from software measurement research that’s been replicated across multiple studies — and yet somehow, it doesn’t come up in sprint planning, or project retrospectives, or any of the conversations where teams talk about why things are taking longer than expected. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.agiledad.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ - [instagram] ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/⁠⁠⁠⁠ - [facebook] ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/⁠⁠⁠⁠ - [Linkedin] ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

People in this episode

Host: V. Lee Henson

Topics covered

• rework
• software projects
• sprint planning
• project retrospectives
• effort estimation

Keywords

• rework
• software projects
• effort
• sprint planning
• project retrospectives
• Agile

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AgileDad, software measurement research

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