The Pomodoro Technique: can you focus - really focus - for 25 minutes?
With the three basic tools - pen, paper and a kitchen timer – The Pomodoro Technique will empower you with the agile abilities of Constant feedback about your working habits, Dedicated decision points to respond to change, Opportunities on a day to day basis to improve your personal process, A sustainable pace also when the deadline is getting closer, Improved quantitative and qualitative estimates, Strategy for how to cope with interruptions and task switching and a Method to regulate complexity. And The Pomodoro Technique fits perfectly inside Scrum and XP.
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Agile methods like Scrum and Extreme Programming are getting more and more popular in the software development industry today. They help projects focusing on the results. But, how can you work agile as an individual or a pair?
Pomodoro Technique was invented by Francesco Cirillo in the early 90’s, but has only recently got a reputation as a productive agile methodology for the individual/pair work. Do you have a strategy for how to structure your working time?
Pomodoro Technique bolsters the ability to stick to Agile values like responding to change, simplicity, feedback, sustainable pace and individuals over tools.
With the three basic tools - pen, paper and a kitchen timer - you will get…
- Constant feedback about your working habits
- Dedicated decision points to respond to change
- Opportunities on a day to day basis to improve your personal process
- A sustainable pace also when the deadline is getting closer
- Improved quantitative and qualitative estimates
- Strategy for how to cope with interruptions and task switching
- Ability to regulate complexity
Audience level:
- Intermediate
Target audience:
- All
- Explaining the context (10 minutes)
- Mechanics of the Pomodoro Technique (20 minutes)
- How to cut down on interruptions (20 minutes)
- Estimate the effort for activities (20 minutes)
- Conclusions (10 minutes)
I will not just deliver a basic stand-up speech. I work extensively with gestures, props and audience interaction.
This is a 90 minutes version of the popular half day course that I have developed and taught in Sweden.
More about Pomodoro Technique can be found here: http://www.tecnicadelpomodoro.it/docs/francesco-cirillo/2007/ThePomodoro...
The slideshow from my half day course can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/snoteberg/the-pomodoro-technique-471351