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Everybody forgets that the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation System project that spawned most of these guys was a massive disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/
by bsder 5y ago
Everybody forgets that the Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation System project that spawned most of these guys was a massive disaster:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Comprehensive_Compensation_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Comprehensive_Compens...
But, then, this just proves the business aphorism that, for your career, it is better to be part of a gigantic disaster than a modest success.
- hitekker 5y agoI definitely didn't know about this. It's a shame you're the only one to remember. Thanks for sharing. It's telling that one Wikipedia’s citations describes their customer burning out due to the evangelized methodology: http://www.coldewey.com/publikationen/conferences/oopsla2001/agileWorkshop/hendrickson.html http://www.coldewey.com/publikationen/conferences/oopsla2001... And then Martin handwaves the project's failure away, claiming he wasn't that involved, and that his methodology is blameless: https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/C3.html https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/C3.html