Splitting Large Tasks is not a Mathematical Process

Feb 19th, 2024

Here’s an anecdote for you: Imagine a dev team that performs task estimates expressed in “story points”, Agile style, and encounters a large estimate. Large, in this team, means “13 or more.” Then in one of these sessions, a specific task initially received an estimation of 13 story points. This marks the team’s threshold for considering the division of tasks into more manageable pieces by convention.

Create UML Diagrams Quickly with Draw.io

Aug 29th, 2015

It happens quite a lot that I want to create a small UML diagram. Mostly for this website, but often for books, too. All the Java-based Mac applications get on my nerves quickly, though. That’s when I found draw.io the other day. It’s simple, lightweight, and works from within your browser with various storage options.