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1. Agile is not personally great for programmers. 2. Agile is good for managers. 3. Managers run the business and make sure it exists. 4. Programmers need th
by kerbalspacepro 8y ago
1. Agile is not personally great for programmers.
2. Agile is good for managers.
3. Managers run the business and make sure it exists.
4. Programmers need the business in order to have a job.
5. Agile is therefore good for the business,
6. And therefore Agile is good for Programmers, though not personally.
- crazypyro 8y agoI would disagree with almost every claim on this list.
- kerbalspacepro 8y agoI don't really have that strong of an attachment to any specific one of these claims. I was just pointing out the logic of the parent comment is very narcissistic (without saying as much). The logic falls apart when you look at different individuals and different companies. For example, if your company is very political then what is good for managers very likely is not good for programmers. If your company focuses on teamwork and has a strong one-for-all;all-for-one culture, then whats good for managers probably is good for programmers.
- nottorp 8y agoAgile is good for managers who are unable to evaluate their programmers otherwise.
- UnpossibleJim 8y agoMy, how very Douglas Adams of you =)
- j4kp07 8y agoUnfortunately, you have been taught and are executing Agile in the completely wrong fashion. My first guess would be, you are actually working in Waterfall, but your managers have labeled it Agile and cherry-picked the parts they liked.
- paulmooreparks 8y agoAgile has a remarkable resemblance to both communism and faith healing: Every time I say it doesn't work, a true believer replies and says I wasn't doing it right or I didn't believe in it enough.
- windows_tips 8y ago4. Managers need the Programmers, to make sure the business exists. 5. Agile may or may not be good for Programmers. 6. Agile may or may not be good for the business.
- Scarblac 8y agoAgile is good for managers in that it gives them a feeling of being in control. Agile is not actually for managers, in that productivity suffers a lot, less software with real value is produced. But software productivity is notoriously hard to measure, so it is ignored.