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The entire category of ideas that agile occupies is utter bullshit, and the alternative to bullshit is just common sense. Hire good people, give clear instructi
by tboyd47 7y ago
The entire category of ideas that agile occupies is utter bullshit, and the alternative to bullshit is just common sense. Hire good people, give clear instructions, and leave them alone. The problem with common sense is that you can't make six figures peddling it for a living.
- mindcrime 7y agoHire good people, give clear instructions, and leave them alone. That's pretty close to what the Agile Manifesto says.
- tboyd47 7y agoIt's the opposite of the Agile Manifesto. These are 3 practical steps to management that apply to any industry where you depend on workers with diverse skillsets, software included. I actually picked them up from "First, Break all the Rules," a general management guide. OTOH, the Agile Manifesto is collection of value judgments that are not only vague to the point of being incomprehensible but also completely ignored by all agile practitioners (i.e. evangelists, coaches, whatever you call them). I viewed the Agile Manifesto as a sacred text of software development for most of my career. Eventually, I came to understand that this is not a sacred text but a golden calf. It's just a gentleman's agreement between consultants not to interfere with each other's snake oil. It's not a misunderstood document; it simply wasn't intended to be understood.