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I dont like scrum but I did like that it did manage to convince managers I worked for circa 2009ish to do away with arbitrary deadlines (which were common until
by pydry 4y ago
I dont like scrum but I did like that it did manage to convince managers I worked for circa 2009ish to do away with arbitrary deadlines (which were common until that point).
- greenbit 4y agoWaterfall could only induce death march mode when deadlines loomed. With two-week "sprints" and management that expects the product of every sprint should be an improved deliverable (whether it's actually delivered or not is beside the point), you get the deadline effect every other week. Soon it just blurs into never ending death march.
- Yhippa 4y agoIt's funny, every company I've worked at that has a quarterly earnings report managed to have deadlines, sometimes soft-ish.
- nivertech 4y ago2 weeks is too small deadline to implement something meaningful and/or non-trivial. Many modern SDLCs and informal methods used by FAANG are using 6 weeks cycles. Two 6 week cycles can fit to a single quarter (~ 13 weeks). Also works better with quarterly OKRs/KPIs, and with Amazon PR/FAQ. The latter I think for semiannual (2 quarters).