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My brain is waterfall in an agile world. Strength: Seeing the bigger picture and the ability to hold an entire system in my head along with the context of prio
by weard_beard 1y ago
My brain is waterfall in an agile world.
Strength: Seeing the bigger picture and the ability to hold an entire system in my head along with the context of prior projects and the body of knowledge I've built. I can build large complex enterprise systems in my mind all at once and articulate the principles and patterns involved to my peers and clients.
Weakness: I am often frustrated and upset when I don't have enough information to do this and will wait and procrastinate until I have enough information to form this system fully in my mind, then build or design or document a thing all at once.
I am perceived by my peers to be a, "slow" developer so I got "Peter Principle"'d into a Solution Architect and consultant.
My coping mechanism to handle this when I do agile development with peers is, when working with incomplete information, develop many versions of the same partial system in my head. A/B test them and extrapolate from incomplete information the most likely complete system.
Then build that version.
- apercu 1y agoThat's because you are likely a perfectionist. I've learned to let go and allow for there to be holes in my work (because 90% of my projects should be linear after requirements are known, but we live in a fantasy world where you're expected to put the shingles on the roof before the walls and roof are built).
- weard_beard 1y agoPerfectionism is just a nice way to say, “conflict avoidant” :-)
- whatnow37373 1y agoCount yourself lucky you can clearly demarcate the start and end of your system. You view this beautiful system moving in your mind in splendid isolation dancing in synchronized dare I say celestial harmony. What I see is that same thing and then I zoom out and see it embedded in an endless barn full of pig shit with all sorts of oddly dressed people shouting at each other. In this pig farm your beautiful celestial system is a small pearl, lying somewhere on the ground in a corner. Try to bring that into harmony.
- weard_beard 1y agoI've... had to adapt to similar circumstances. Separate data sanitization from other problems. Ignore "prioritization" as an activity you can control. Walk up to the first responsible party you can find, and do your best, "Robin Williams as the Genie in Alladin" impression. poof what do you need? poof what do you need? poof what do you need? Keep going until you end up with a manageable set of problems.