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True, there's a problem with the way it's implemented. But developers rarely have a choice on how PMs manage their projects. Agile just doesn't work for long te
by WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
True, there's a problem with the way it's implemented. But developers rarely have a choice on how PMs manage their projects. Agile just doesn't work for long term projects. It leads to junk code that developers hope they will fix later or long hours for them trying to meet deadlines. A lot of the time it's both.
- koonsolo 4y agoIf you say "Project Manager", I'm already suspicious that you're actually doing agile. The most popular agile framework scrum doesn't have a project manager role.
- WheelsAtLarge 4y agoI grant you that. I might not have done true scrum. It just emphasizes that developers don't pick how a project is managed. I've worked with a number of implementations. The last one was big enough that it had a top level project manager that coordinated a number of Scrum masters and their teams. The whole process was sort of plugged into the company's existing structure. But the importance of short timelines, constant input, daily standups and on on... Was there. Anyhow, as a developer I'm not a fan. I've seen the results of agile on the code and it's not pretty. Say nothing of the added stress on developers. Managers like to think that software development is linear. A developer should be able to get X amount of work done over a period of time. But as a developer we know that that's not always the case.