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My impression is this: 1. developers find a new way to do things efficiently 2. its good 3. word spreads in the community. Method gets a nice name 4. consul
by mironathetin 15y ago
My impression is this:
1. developers find a new way to do things efficiently
2. its good
3. word spreads in the community. Method gets a nice name
4. consulting companies smell money. Develop training for big $. Win managements
5. management wants to be modern, but doesn't want to change key aspects, like number of developers, communication, carrier paths, hierarchies etc.
6. management requires: everybody has to be able to use this method. Name of the method is filled with different contents: easy to understand, fits well into every companies profile, works for every dumbass
7. method stops to work
8. consultants still sell it. Everybody has to do the sh....
- sown 15y agoI think it started at step 4.
- projectileboy 15y agoI share your cynicism, but you're incorrect. The original XP crew was very much at steps 1 - 3. But when you try moving that stuff into a huge corporate space, there are big forces at work that (sadly) make steps 4+ almost inevitable.