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>> [perception that] waterfall is better at handling risky situations. Subtle difference I think: Waterfall is perceived as being more predictable, which is w
by NikolaNovak 7y ago
>> [perception that] waterfall is better at handling risky situations.
Subtle difference I think: Waterfall is perceived as being more predictable, which is why it would seem desirable when stability is needed.
Fully agreed that while Agile is meant to deal with change better, it's perceived as being a silver bullet to "Speed things up". I have yet to meet a enterprise manager who uses the word correctly :(
- beat 7y agoI once wrote a blog article ranting about how we shouldn't use the word "sprint", because it focuses on speed. Rather, we should say "iteration", which focuses on change. Pushing agile as faster rather than better is the biggest problem agile ever had.
- NikolaNovak 7y agoI absolutely positively could not agree more. Majority of my managers have heard the word somewhere, tried to infer its meaning from dictionary definition, and started using it arbitrarily. Most frequent phrase is "We need to be more AGILE!", which 98.72% of the time simply means "We need to whip the workers more and have them work harder, faster, longer.... somehow".