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> slow-paced, ceremonious game with an inch-thick rule book and a deep layer of historical cruft, does that sound like agile to you? at least with how "agile"

• wayoutthere 5y ago
  As bad as both scrum and safe are, they’re miles better than the old waterfall methodology. At least with corporate agile you usually ship something.
  • paulmooreparks 5y ago
    I don't really get this "waterfall" boogeyman. I started programming professionally in 1989, and I delivered a LOT of software for a few different companies before the Agile obsession hit. I had a quite a lot of freedom to modify the process depending on what the project called for. There were fewer corporate overlords worrying about whether I stuck to this or that process. There were certainly no Agile Coaches making sure I followed all the ceremonies of the "Agile Process" (that's a quote) or making sure I used story points instead of calendar time in my estimates. Making software is a lot less fun these days than in the "bad old days" of the alleged waterfall process.
    • g051051 5y ago
      Yes! I never encountered any of the problems that the so-called "Agile" manifesto and the absurd processes that accreted around it. The current trend just seems amateurish to me, compared to what it strives to replace.