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Mar 2023
13m 51s

Sympathy for...Stack Ranking?!

A weekly problem-solving session for all things agile
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Is there a place for Stack Ranking? Squirrel and Jeffrey concur that Stack Racking can be problematic, but Jeffrey has some ideas about where this sub-par practice comes from, which underline the importance of difficult conversations about performance no matter how you create them (even with a stack rank) Links: - Vitality Curve (Stack Ranking):https://en.w ... Show More
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