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Not the GP, and I agree with some of the Uncle Bob skepticism -- often his fervor outweighs his content. But several signers of the Agile Manifesto have done o
by charlieflowers 6y ago
Not the GP, and I agree with some of the Uncle Bob skepticism -- often his fervor outweighs his content.
But several signers of the Agile Manifesto have done outstanding things. The Agile Manifesto itself is also outstanding (it may seem obvious now, but it was not obvious to the world it was published to).
Ward Cunningham invented the wiki for chrissakes.
So let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
- buescher 6y agoOK, the wiki is clever, but it is not really a demonstration of the power of agile methods. I'd bet money it wasn't test-driven or sprinted or crc-carded or whatever into existence. Ward may as well have also invented an excellent salad dressing, as far as that bears on agile. Not a big fan of the patterns movement either; not that there's anything wrong with any of the GoF patterns. The agile manifesto is vague enough that people tend to project their aspirations onto it. It was true then and it's true now. I'm also old enough to remember when most of it was called "extreme programming", so it wasn't exactly a revelation at the time.