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Exactly. Agile becomes popular because it gives managers wetdream to impose a factory-like process into software development.
by ww520 16y ago
Exactly. Agile becomes popular because it gives managers wetdream to impose a factory-like process into software development.
- gamble 16y agoNot to mention that it appears to eliminate the long "measuring before you cut" thing at the start of new projects. Fingers on keyboards equals productivity!
- hello_moto 16y agoI met a ScrumMaster that sees things otherwise. The point of Agile (and Scrum) is to give responsibility back to the clients/managers: pick one -> time or money, you can't have both; we'll show you why from our user-stories, cards, task-boards, poker-game, scrum planning, etc.
- gaius 16y agoExactly, this is what "calibration" and "velocity" are about. But the elephant in the corner of the room is that skill still matters, you can't swap a good team for a bad one and get the same velocity. In fact it makes the management problem harder; now you don't just need "a hacker" but a whole team...
- joe_the_user 16y agoIndeed, Agile theory does make some nods to not commodifying the programmers labor and giving programmers autonomy. But when it's sold the bean counters, they filter for the parts that get them what they want.