In The Brain of Linda Rising: Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves
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Agile visionary Linda Rising comes to Skills Matter this February to Linda give a controversial talk entitled "Deception and Estimation". Linda Rising -- a published author, and expert on patterns, retrospectives, and agile development -- suggests that we are "hardwired" for deception; to be overly optimistic about outcomes and with this built-in bias as a starting point, it's no wonder that software managers and agile teams almost always develop poor estimates. In this free talk, Linda will offer examples from ordinary life and software development, and demonstrate how hard it is for us to see our poor estimating skills, and offers some practical advice on living and working with the self-deception that is hardwired in all of us.
Agile visionary Linda Rising comes to Skills Matter this February to Linda give a controversial talk entitled "Deception and Estimation".
Linda Rising -- a published author, and expert on patterns, retrospectives, and agile development -- suggests that we are "hardwired" for deception; to be overly optimistic about outcomes and with this built-in bias as a starting point, it's no wonder that software managers and agile teams almost always develop poor estimates.
In this free talk, Linda will offer examples from ordinary life and software development, and demonstrate how hard it is for us to see our poor estimating skills, and offers some practical advice on living and working with the self-deception that is hardwired in all of us.
