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Well if I told at least 3 clients have introduced "agile" in an attempt to solve perceived process problems and "speed things up" but have in effect made things
by quattrofan 14y ago
Well if I told at least 3 clients have introduced "agile" in an attempt to solve perceived process problems and "speed things up" but have in effect made things worse, what would you say?
Agile is bollocks and just another excuse for consultants to fleece money from companies.
- jaggederest 14y ago> anecdote showing x in a negative light > therefore x is fraudulent I love your logic!
- wpietri 14y agoI think "Agile" can be used as an excuse for consultants to fleece money from companies. Indeed, I'm on record as saying that's mainly what's getting sold these days: http://agilefocus.com/2011/02/21/agiles-second-chasm-and-how-we-fell-in/ http://agilefocus.com/2011/02/21/agiles-second-chasm-and-how... But acknowledging that, I'd like to add two things: First, as a developer, adopting Agile methods (in particular, Extreme Programming) made my life a lot better, and probably kept me from quitting the industry in frustration. And when I started a company, we gradually put together a custom Agile approach we liked a lot. Second, any useful Agile method works mainly by surfacing hidden problems so that people can fix them. So if you are doing an Agile adoption right, things always appear to get worse before they get better. The test for me is whether people treat the adoption as a process and relentlessly fix problems as they appear.
- lucisferre 14y agoAre you responding to me? I'm confused since I basically agree or are you just agreeing?