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Nice work. Agile Methodology was a self-defense coping measure for dealing with psychotic customers who cannot or will not do proper project management. It wa
by specialist 6y ago
Nice work.
Agile Methodology was a self-defense coping measure for dealing with psychotic customers who cannot or will not do proper project management.
It was never meant as a replacement for PMI.
IMHO, "waterfall" is not having feedback loops, iteration. All of the methodologists (I read) in the 90s cautioned against "throwing it over the wall", as detailed in this OC's description of rigid sequences.
Plenty of today's "Agile" lacks proper feedback loops. Where primary assumptions are not revisited, when new information does not lead to course corrections.
Maybe "waterfall" is just dysfunctional communication, where reasonable people aren't talking to each other.
Any way. This is a great write up.
- jk20 6y agoAgile is a fraudulent activity which exists only to provide job opportunities for mostly non-technical management in the form of pointless stand-ups and planning sessions. I have never seen it working in practice. Interestingly, it does not even work in theory, see e.g. the Agile manifesto full of dubious statements about "people over processes" and "maximizing the amount of work not done".
- chasd00 6y agoA point often missed when talking about SLDC in client work is the client is a major factor in the success of the project and is not always up to the task. I can see how agile could be used as a way to cope with a difficult customer. The thing with a client/customer work is the clock is ticking at a constant rate and the budget is decreasing at a variable rate. I’d like to research done on methods that try to ensure the two run out at the same time. If you finish on time with budget remaining you’ve left money on the table. If you run out of budget before the deadline you’re in the red. The goal is to run out of budget the moment you reach the deadline.