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> These days, mandatory Scrum is a contra-indicator for any project that crosses my path as a freelancer. Yes! Although I don't agree that Agile is a good ide

> These days, mandatory Scrum is a contra-indicator for any project that crosses my path as a freelancer. Yes! Although I don't agree that Agile is a good idea that scrum ruined.

ebiester 5y ago
How long have you been in the industry? Agile in 2021 means something different than Agile in 2002. Project Management was a different consideration 20 years ago. Which of these do you disagree with? https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html I disagree with 2. Now, perhaps you disagree with 5. These were written in 2001 for problems in 2001. Now, some of these problems have been solved. Some of them are taken for granted today. However, we take them for granted in large part because a group of people got together and said, "we can do better." I personally think it's time for another group (not the old agile luminaries but people with new ideas) to take a look at today's problems and take a fresh stab at it. Maybe it looks like "Plan-Build-Ship." But maybe it looks different. But first, I think we need a clarifying question: What in the principles or manifesto do you disagree with?
- g051051 5y ago
  I disagree with the whole thing. It was written by consultants to sell consulting services. The "principles" are empty aphorisms that have practically crippled the software development industry. Edit: > How long have you been in the industry? 32 years.
- chronologist 5y ago
  Any method/framework that is based on a "Manifesto" is despicable. The Manifesto gives the sense of entitlement of a moral standing. The principles become moral principles, and produce a Manichean divide between the new (good ones) and the old (bad ones), undermining any hope of truly collaborative work places based on trust and purpose. Rather than moral principles, I prefer to base all discourse on scientific principles. And those moral principles, deemed to be good, can be taken as assumptions. Assumptions can be questioned. Improved. Even replaced. A manifesto and the holy writings like the Scrum Guide are unquestionable and give rise to dogma, tribalism, and all sorts of psychotic reality distortion perspectives. If you're tired of Scrum, Manifestos and Holy Guides, there are better alternatives which foster much more humane, sustainable and collaborative working environments. I invite you to check out my TameFlow Approach. Ask anything if you want to know more.

> These days, mandatory Scrum is a contra-indicator for any project that crosses my path as a freelancer. Yes! Although I don't agree that Agile is a good idea that scrum ruined.

ebiester 5y ago

How long have you been in the industry? Agile in 2021 means something different than Agile in 2002. Project Management was a different consideration 20 years ago. Which of these do you disagree with? https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html I disagree with 2. Now, perhaps you disagree with 5. These were written in 2001 for problems in 2001. Now, some of these problems have been solved. Some of them are taken for granted today. However, we take them for granted in large part because a group of people got together and said, "we can do better." I personally think it's time for another group (not the old agile luminaries but people with new ideas) to take a look at today's problems and take a fresh stab at it. Maybe it looks like "Plan-Build-Ship." But maybe it looks different. But first, I think we need a clarifying question: What in the principles or manifesto do you disagree with?

g051051 5y ago
I disagree with the whole thing. It was written by consultants to sell consulting services. The "principles" are empty aphorisms that have practically crippled the software development industry. Edit: > How long have you been in the industry? 32 years.
chronologist 5y ago
Any method/framework that is based on a "Manifesto" is despicable. The Manifesto gives the sense of entitlement of a moral standing. The principles become moral principles, and produce a Manichean divide between the new (good ones) and the old (bad ones), undermining any hope of truly collaborative work places based on trust and purpose. Rather than moral principles, I prefer to base all discourse on scientific principles. And those moral principles, deemed to be good, can be taken as assumptions. Assumptions can be questioned. Improved. Even replaced. A manifesto and the holy writings like the Scrum Guide are unquestionable and give rise to dogma, tribalism, and all sorts of psychotic reality distortion perspectives. If you're tired of Scrum, Manifestos and Holy Guides, there are better alternatives which foster much more humane, sustainable and collaborative working environments. I invite you to check out my TameFlow Approach. Ask anything if you want to know more.