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I certainly can relate to everything that the author expresses. However, I'm also quite certain that this is not exclusive to the software engineering disciplin

by afpx 10y ago

I certainly can relate to everything that the author expresses. However, I'm also quite certain that this is not exclusive to the software engineering disciplines. Somewhere around 2004 or so, I began seeing many US companies (including many large ones) abandoning analysis and planning and lots of other proven PMBOK type activities in favor of more reactionary methods. When I talk to many people under 35, across fields, they often complain about workplace disorder, mismanagement, and lack of planning. They also complain of an overload of work and of working too many hours. I don't think this is a coincidence.

kogepathic 10y ago
> Somewhere around 2004 or so, I began seeing many US companies (including many large ones) abandoning analysis and planning and lots of other proven PMBOK type activities in favor of more reactionary methods. This was corporates adopting their own version of the agile development methodology. Unfortunately I can tell you large corporations with a lot of inertia and managerial politics don't mesh well with agile, so you end up with poor planning, pants on fire fixing, overworked employees* * anecdotal evidence