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When you say, "devs just pick the next one off the top", that sounds very much like Kanban instead of Scrum. Kanban is radically different but considered "agile

When you say, "devs just pick the next one off the top", that sounds very much like Kanban instead of Scrum. Kanban is radically different but considered "agile". When Scrum degenerates into mgmt screaming, "you missed all your deadlines - again!", Kanban is often a great source of relief, because the only deadlines that count anymore are the "real" ones. It also allows much more flexibility with shifting priorities, which stakeholders love. Absolutely worth a try when Scrum has become a tool of oppression & misery.

latchkey 7y ago
I wouldn't really try to put a name on it other than Pivotal Process or Pivotal Methodology... I was just googling around to see if they even name it and found these articles... https://infocus.dellemc.com/rahul_bhandari/software-development-dell-agile-methodology-pivotal/ https://infocus.dellemc.com/rahul_bhandari/software-developm... (corporate version) https://pivotal.io/agile https://pivotal.io/agile (this one bugs me a bit since it really just compares against waterfall) https://medium.com/@ryanjjones10/what-is-the-pivotal-process-417fab075f4f https://medium.com/@ryanjjones10/what-is-the-pivotal-process... (this one is more accurate)
- kerblang 7y ago
  Okay well it looks like they've put even more emphasis on pair programming, which Kanban certainly doesn't require, and... I'm not gonna advocate for that part.
  - alasdair_ 7y ago
    Pair programming all the time comes from XP. Almost no one does it, not even Kent Beck. In fact, the only place that I know of that tried "real" eXtreme Programming was the Chrysler Compensation project, which ultimately failed. I'd be amazed that Pivotal actually does pair programming all the time, except that they are in the business of selling tools to facilitate exactly this process.
    - UK-Al05 7y ago
      I've been in tons of agile places that do pair programming.
    - jacques_chester 7y ago
      Many Pivotal teams do full time pair programming. Many don't. Pivotal Labs is pretty close to 100% because of its teaching role. Large parts of R&D practice 100% as a default with many local variations. Other parts of R&D don't practice anything resembling pairing. All of this is presumably going to be in flux, now that the acquisition by VMware is complete.

latchkey 7y ago

I wouldn't really try to put a name on it other than Pivotal Process or Pivotal Methodology... I was just googling around to see if they even name it and found these articles... https://infocus.dellemc.com/rahul_bhandari/software-development-dell-agile-methodology-pivotal/ https://infocus.dellemc.com/rahul_bhandari/software-developm... (corporate version) https://pivotal.io/agile https://pivotal.io/agile (this one bugs me a bit since it really just compares against waterfall) https://medium.com/@ryanjjones10/what-is-the-pivotal-process-417fab075f4f https://medium.com/@ryanjjones10/what-is-the-pivotal-process... (this one is more accurate)

kerblang 7y ago
Okay well it looks like they've put even more emphasis on pair programming, which Kanban certainly doesn't require, and... I'm not gonna advocate for that part.
- alasdair_ 7y ago
  Pair programming all the time comes from XP. Almost no one does it, not even Kent Beck. In fact, the only place that I know of that tried "real" eXtreme Programming was the Chrysler Compensation project, which ultimately failed. I'd be amazed that Pivotal actually does pair programming all the time, except that they are in the business of selling tools to facilitate exactly this process.
  - UK-Al05 7y ago
    I've been in tons of agile places that do pair programming.
  - jacques_chester 7y ago
    Many Pivotal teams do full time pair programming. Many don't. Pivotal Labs is pretty close to 100% because of its teaching role. Large parts of R&D practice 100% as a default with many local variations. Other parts of R&D don't practice anything resembling pairing. All of this is presumably going to be in flux, now that the acquisition by VMware is complete.