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Development methodologies have been turned into weapons against the employees. That's how the average manager sees it, plain and simple. Everything else is jus
by borplk 9y ago
Development methodologies have been turned into weapons against the employees.
That's how the average manager sees it, plain and simple. Everything else is just fluff and cake decoration sprinkled on top.
It's a hip brand that justifies things that would otherwise be hard sells.
Want to drag people into daily meetings where they take turn in telling everyone what they did yesterday and what they are going to do today? ... "Agile! shiny ... daily standup" now it's acceptable.
Perverse incentives mean businesses devour and bastardise any given methodology into a leverage for themselves and a stick to beat others with.
Methodologies were partially meant to empower the employees but that didn't last long.
Consultants may ponder about nuances and details.
The businesses and managers who never see beyond the next quarter just see it as a socially acceptable brand to exert power.
- tw1010 9y ago"Have been"? This is not a new phenomenon. "Culture" in various forms have for ages (long before you and I were born) been used as a tool to control mindset. See Engineering Culture by Gideon Kunda for more[1]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Culture-Commitment-High-Tech-Corporation/dp/1592135463 https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Culture-Commitment-High-T...
- ngcazz 9y agoYou present a negative outlook that isn't necessarily the endgame of agile, but it's pertinent to frame it this way! Of course those are some very likely risks if the team doesn't claim its leverage and demand its stakeholders engage the development process responsibly, but that's the point of demos and signoffs.
- lovich 9y ago"Sounds like you're a bad culture fit and it's time for a PIP." That's the usual response I see from managers to employees who try to leverage anything. The only option I see for employees has been to get another job, companies are willing to sacrifice all the costs of hiring and onboarding an employee to make sure they don't have any non compliant ones