milestone

As stated in earlier parts of this series, milestones are installed to provide reference points along the road. This can be used to reassure travelers that the proper path is being followed, and to indicate either distance travelled or the remaining distance to a destination.' In Lean Agile, there are lots of 'milestones' along the journey... reference points along the road. Usual milestones are 'release' and 'demo'. Iteration/sprint goal: achieving your sprint goal (a milestone) is a significant event worth celebrating for ... your team is one goal (milestone) nearer to reaching the PI Objective (a major milestone)! Sprint zero is a starting point milestone... like…

In the Roman Empire era, milestones were used by the Roman road builders to indicate how far a particular place is along the road from the center of Rome (the 'Golden Milestone'). The Roman Empire was vast stretching all the way to Britain and to Asia... having these milestones help travelers in their journey as they go from one milestone to another... helping them confirm that they are on the right path towards their destination. The 'Golden Milestone' is the inspiration of the 'Zero Milestone' at Washington D.C. In other words, Milestones are installed to provide reference points along the road. This…

'What's a milestone?', our parish priest asked. The kids who were being confirmed (a confirmation is a Roman Catholic ceremony for teens affirming their faith) were silent. No response. I surmised most of them were thinking this could be a trick question. Then someone -- one of the kids -- yelled: 'a significant event or stage in the life of a person!' Our parish priest nodded in agreement and added some more texture to it... going back to the Roman Empire era. To be continued...