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Agile is just another in a long line of fads that try to use management "methodologies" to make programming a commodity that can be done by line-workers It's s
by MartinCron 15y ago
Agile is just another in a long line of fads that try to use management "methodologies" to make programming a commodity that can be done by line-workers
It's sad that so many people have that perspective. I've always looked at it in the opposite way. I mean, the first part of the agile manifesto is "People over Process" and the first wave of agile evangelists were actual programmers and not fad-prone management types.
- philwelch 15y agoYes, but actual programmers with an altruistic desire to improve the state of software development are never going to be as loud and noisy as various salesmen (agile consultancies, agile coaches, agile tool developers) and hence the latter group of people are going to take over the word "agile".
- MartinCron 15y agoI totally agree, and it makes me sad. Just because some snake-oil salesmen are selling it, doesn't mean it's snake-oil, it just means that opportunists smell an opportunity. The altruists who are trying to improve the state of the art are still out there, if you know where to look.