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Had to do it at a company and thank god we fought against daily standups, but the constant retrospectives, the useless breaking down of tasks into subtasks and

by baby 2y ago

Had to do it at a company and thank god we fought against daily standups, but the constant retrospectives, the useless breaking down of tasks into subtasks and ranking how long it’ll take just for the benefit of the non technical manager and nobody else… I admit it was so bad I never wanted to work for a company after that.

belter 2y ago
Both creators of the Agile movement come from US Military experience. You did not realize the Agile daily stand-ups are basically military morning formations in disguise?....Just a way to keep Developers in line? It’s like they took 'mission briefings' and turned them into 'tell me why your sticky note isn't moved yet.' Collaboration is ....Daily micromanagement...
- smokel 2y ago
  > Both creators of the Agile movement come from US Military experience. Last time I checked, the Agile Manifesto was drafted up by no less than 17 developers [1], the most prominent of them being Kent Beck, who's not directly famous for his US Military experience [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
  - belter 2y ago
    Last time I checked...Ken Schwaber of infamous fame, of the pyramid scheme called Scrum and their Certifications pyramid... and also Jeff Sutherland of infamous Scrum fame, are considered two of the core forces behind the Agile Manifest. And are two of the 17 Developers behind the manifest and both ex-US Military. At least Kent Beck had the integrity of calling Agile certifications: “dishonest”, “a pyramid scheme”, & “cancer”. https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/agile-certifications-are-wrong-5a90a6f2b140 https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/agile-certifications-are-wrong... And you know you can't spell Agile without reserving space for your Scrum Master... ;-) Also selectively adding and removing characters of the Agile Manifest, to maximize or minimize their importance in the movement, as it is convenient for damage control purposes is not going to work out....
gwervc 2y ago
The dailies actually aren't bad in my experience (especially as a full remote), but the "pokerization" using "points" is one of dumbest shit I've seen. I hate working at a company too.

by baby 2y ago

belter 2y ago

Both creators of the Agile movement come from US Military experience. You did not realize the Agile daily stand-ups are basically military morning formations in disguise?....Just a way to keep Developers in line? It’s like they took 'mission briefings' and turned them into 'tell me why your sticky note isn't moved yet.' Collaboration is ....Daily micromanagement...

smokel 2y ago
> Both creators of the Agile movement come from US Military experience. Last time I checked, the Agile Manifesto was drafted up by no less than 17 developers [1], the most prominent of them being Kent Beck, who's not directly famous for his US Military experience [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
- belter 2y ago
  Last time I checked...Ken Schwaber of infamous fame, of the pyramid scheme called Scrum and their Certifications pyramid... and also Jeff Sutherland of infamous Scrum fame, are considered two of the core forces behind the Agile Manifest. And are two of the 17 Developers behind the manifest and both ex-US Military. At least Kent Beck had the integrity of calling Agile certifications: “dishonest”, “a pyramid scheme”, & “cancer”. https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/agile-certifications-are-wrong-5a90a6f2b140 https://zhiminzhan.medium.com/agile-certifications-are-wrong... And you know you can't spell Agile without reserving space for your Scrum Master... ;-) Also selectively adding and removing characters of the Agile Manifest, to maximize or minimize their importance in the movement, as it is convenient for damage control purposes is not going to work out....

gwervc 2y ago

The dailies actually aren't bad in my experience (especially as a full remote), but the "pokerization" using "points" is one of dumbest shit I've seen. I hate working at a company too.