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In both of your cases, I think there is this massive disconnect in decision making. Software development is a constant game of economic decision making. Which i
by manvillej 3y ago
In both of your cases, I think there is this massive disconnect in decision making. Software development is a constant game of economic decision making. Which investment returns the greatest value. Agile worked because it spread risk and allowed for reaction to new opportunities.
CICD/devops worked because it drastically reduced the risk & expense of defects, the cost of development, time to market, etc.
But the chasing of new technology fads vs lagging behind with old outdated technologies? I am seeing people make decisions without thinking about the decision.
What economic benefit does the new tech bring? Whats the economic trade off of implementing it vs other projects? How long till a return on investment? Whats the costs if we do nothing?
It isn't even that hard to do, but people just keep deciding to spend time and resources with little to no thought. It infuriates me.
- namaria 3y agoIf the way people allocate resources makes no sense, you are likely missing information on the returns they're getting from it.
- datavirtue 3y ago"Agile worked" Citation needed.
- gofreddygo 3y agoThe decision makers themselves are couchsurfing. You'll consistently notice obviously idiotic decisions rooted at decision makers who aren't around to own up to the mistake. The other end has decision makers never change, they waited too long, were too risk averse to stagnate and the cost of change just keeps rising. The ones who end up surviving this churn, have both kinds of decision makers in equal powers, mistakes are made, but things keep moving sometimes in leaps, sometimes backward steps.