Ramchandra Kulkarni

Any self-help book you didn’t write is not a self-help book.

Story Points don't work. Even Ron Jeffries, who invented them, said he was sorry years ago. And not only did he apologize, but he called the whole estimation idea "Evil." Unfortunately, too many teams still use these points to estimate their work. Story Points is a made-up metric to estimate work effort, not time. The goal was to prevent management from misusing estimates. But it didn't work. Every team I've ever met keeps a conversion table to translate back and forth between points and time. Some will never admit it, but go and talk to the folks doing the work. Look at me and tell me I'm wrong. But it gets worse: Teams use points to decide how much work they can finish. But how can they do that without talking about time? The effort to do something is not the same as the time it will take to finish it. This is especially true when planning an iteration with many people and tasks. It's clear now: Story Points don't work. What's the alternative? I'll let the people who manage projects for a living offer their alternatives, but I can tell you what I've done. As I got older and wiser, I stopped with the estimation charade altogether. I had my teams focus on short iterations with constant feedback from stakeholders. From the "scope, budget, and time" triangle, I always tried to keep two of them variable and fix the third one. If the customer was looking for a specific scope, we had a variable timeline and budget to finish it. We kept the scope and time flexible if the budget was non-negotiable. And if we had to deliver by a specific date, the scope and budget were on the table. Every company is different, and this doesn't work for everyone. But if it does, I hope you stop the charade. I'd love to hear about your experience estimating software. What crazy things does your company make you do?

TRAI should create a straightforward, company-specific DND portal that lets you ban calls from Axis Bank, IndusInd, and others who are selling credit cards etc. This would boost the ecosystem immensely.

In Manipal University a professor called his Muslim student a "Terrorist". De-radicalisation of educated people is urgently required. We as a muslim faces this type of humiliation everyday in pur school, colleges, and offices.

Sar to tootata rehta hai, Gadar thodi miss karenge #Gadar2 @abhinay_sinha @iamsunnydeol

@ashishrajput151 @rblbank @RBLBankCares @TRAI @AxisBank This is frustrating though. @rblbank knows this and hence has blocked comments on is posts too. Utterly garbage Bank! There is no way to stop them. #RBL @TRAI needs to do something about this.

@theharmlessthug @rblbank @RBLBankCares @TRAI Lol this is the story of axis, Indusind too. They simply don't stop. @TRAI keeps sleeping. I have stopped taking any unknown phone call. Thank you @AxisBank !

Dear @rblbank, my parents made the mistake of opening an account with you. To punish them for that, you've been harassing them non-stop for the last three months. I think they've been punished can you please stop selling them useless debit cards now. @RBLBankCares #rblbank @TRAI

How big are the cells? Microorganisms in perspective

@rblbank @RBLBankCares @TRAI If tolerating this harassment is unavoidable, can you please help them close these accounts? #RBLBank

@MKBHD @elonmusk No, they are exes.

@elonmusk Old habits die hard. Aren’t these still called tweets?

I'm still gonna call it Twitter

Rohit Sharma has not done shit in batting for a long time now. He's the new Thala

@FinancialEngg You can shit on anything you want. Just don't touch Shaktiman and C.I.D..

Why do people like FRIENDS? I have never been able to get past first season. That Bing guy is so overrated.

@missanabeem RG is not the last national figure opposing Modi. He never was a valued national figure to be honest. There are many in opposition and they're more articulate than RG. 'Breaking News' my ass! NYT is a joke.

this is so scary

@SandeepAgg @RichaChadha Seems you're still under bhangover. This is not a communal issue. This is animal-like behaviour.

@RichaChadha Just the Holi. Festivities, happiness and friendship. No blocking of roads, no loud speakers, no animals are killed, and kafirs are not ill treated

Happy women's day?

@VishalBhargava5 Rental yield in Indore is around 2-2.5%. I'm not sure how it can be similar to Bengaluru where the yield is an easy 4-5% or more.

Best Cities to Rent in India. Higher the number of months - more expensive the House purchase vs Renting that house.

@GoodReddit We should call it the 'Toddler'.

@elonmusk TV is better, it just made them stupid.

Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?

@AbhinandanSekhr This was not a good way to interview. You were way too aggressive and that was counterproductive. You asked valid questions but your method ended up sidetracking them. Salvatore is stupid but it could’ve been proven in a better way. Disappointing!

Take the good professor's advice and watch the full interview here. newslaundry.com/2022/12/21/nl-…

@FinancialEngg When it comes to test cricket, he's a fairly decent player. He's just poor in white ball cricket. Hopefully this performance will not result in more opportunities in white ball cricket, because he truly sucks at that.

Now that Rishabh Pant has played a good innings, I'm very confident that he'll fail in next 30 innings but still keep his place because of this one inning. #BANvIND

@TheSunShine_ @Suhelseth Don't think so. The government has done everything they can. People have been urged to get vaccinated through multiple mediums. The vaccines are still free and easily accessible. There are plenty of questions to ask this government, this clearly is not one.

@Suhelseth It’s time to question the Indian govt, which you can’t dare to do. The world is vaccinated & therefore do not think Covid will have an impact like before, except India where a large amount of population remains unvaccinated. Do you of any other country asking for restrictions ?

It’s the time to mask up. Thanks to the Chinese, it’s back! The scoundrels in the Government of China will burn at the stake for causing so much human loss and suffering. Xi Jing Ping the rascal should burn in hell : that’s if he manages to get even there!