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What's a war room? Google, ironically, was of no help.
by JakeSc 16y ago
What's a war room? Google, ironically, was of no help.
- nostrademons 16y agoGoogle's results are fairly decent if you give it a little disambiguation help, though there's still a lot of room for improvement: http://www.google.com/search?q=war+room+software+development http://www.google.com/search?q=war+room+software+development From the Joel-on-Software thread: http://www.ns.umich.edu/Releases/2000/Dec00/r120600a.html http://www.ns.umich.edu/Releases/2000/Dec00/r120600a.html
- JakeSc 16y agoThanks!
- skybrian 16y agoGet everyone who's working on a big problem together in one room. It raises the question: if this works, why not do it all the time?
- Tamerlin 16y agoIf you do it all the time, then people start to recognize it for what it really is: a sweat shop.
- nostrademons 16y ago...which is basically what Google (and several other software companies) does. That's why I say that some people simply call it "development".
- Tamerlin 16y agoWe have a... well, some random dolt with a VP or director or some similarly overinflated title, but no meaningful role who explained that you should use "agile" method when: 1) You don't have time for planning 2) You don't have time for design 3) You don't have time for documentation 4) Requirements are changing Which to me meant, "You use Agile(tm) methods when your project has already failed."
- mlinsey 16y agoIt usually also means that the people in the war room are only working on that problem, and that they are working extremely long hours.
- gaius 16y agoIn other organizations this is called a "death march".