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This extends to methodologies. At this point am convinced that a competent team will complete the same project under formally waterfall, XP or Agile governance
by varjag 7y ago
This extends to methodologies.
At this point am convinced that a competent team will complete the same project under formally waterfall, XP or Agile governance with only minor schedule differences.
- zaind 7y agoI'm a huge fan of Alistair Cockburn's thinking on this point. He argues that people - and their characteristics - are a far greater driver of project success than methodology. The argument is not a formal one, but I think still holds a lot of weight: https://ameyakarve.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/characterizing-people-as-non-linear-1st-order-components-in-software-development-cockburn-us/ https://ameyakarve.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/characterizing-p...
- owens99 7y agoI agree with this for the most part, though there are many false positives of “great teams” on paper who screw it all up purely because of a backwards methodology. Methodology and people are not mutually exclusive. And it’s a lot harder to swap in and out people (though it may be necessary).