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> Do we have any evidence that Agile actually helps In my experience (25+ years now), an awful lot of people who are looking into adopting Agile processes are
by commandlinefan 8y ago
> Do we have any evidence that Agile actually helps
In my experience (25+ years now), an awful lot of people who are looking into adopting Agile processes are actually in the midst of grasping at straws/looking for a silver bullet. The "problem" they have is that software development takes longer than they want it to and no matter how hard they beat the programmers, it keeps taking longer than they want it to. So "agile" is just the newest cudgel.
- alexeiz 8y ago> no matter how hard they beat the programmers Maybe they should try not beating the programmers. I'm just saying...
- fein 8y agoThe beatings will continue until morale improves.
- dimgl 8y agoThis is exactly right. I was at two companies in Florida who were "agile" and it was extremely pathetic. Daily standups, marching orders, insane requirements and deadlines, overly long meetings, tons of PMs and 0 automated/QA testing. In fact, they were hiring more QA personnel and project managers at both companies and keeping the dev count the same. So yeah... This is typical stuff.