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> If they don't work for you, maybe you should ask what you're doing wrong and trying to fix the situation before throwing the baby away with the bathwater. >
by Trasmatta 5y ago
> If they don't work for you, maybe you should ask what you're doing wrong and trying to fix the situation before throwing the baby away with the bathwater.
> You clearly have an axe to grind with story points, but this says more about you than about the technique itself.
This seems to be a very common occurrence whenever a criticism arises about agile or scrum -- "the issue isn't agile, it's how you're using it". At some point it's worth considering that there may be flaws in the techniques themselves, and its not always the fault of the people using those techniques.
You've taken the several very short paragraphs I posted and started flinging some pretty baseless accusations at me. I'm not sure why you're intent on turning this into something more personal, but I'm not really interested in continuing the conversation anymore because of that.
- ratww 5y agoNot only you misquoted me trying to prove a fallacious point, but you also took a small comment that I originally wrote and basically started accusing some of my co-workers of gaming story points. You were even downvoted for that. Also from the comment about managers there are some clear issues in your process and work environment. I am honestly trying to point you into a better direction. > “the issue isn't agile, it's how you're using it” Agile and Scrum aren’t perfect, but the literature warns about the pitfalls you encountered, and shows how to avoid them. I am also telling you how. If your goal is to make it work without those issues, you gotta do work. But it seems you only want to criticize it to make a point. In this case I refuse to be your sounding board.