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I do wonder how much of the backlash against agile is driven by people who never experienced waterfall

• 95014_refugee 1y ago
  I do wonder how much of the hate on “waterfall” is perpetuated by folks that never read the paper. It’s the “socialism” of development workflows…
  • robocat 1y ago
    Yeah, I was just being cheeky because I was trying to imagine software development models applied to large planned infrastructure. A nuclear power station built successfully using an Agile process would be something I'd like to read about.
• mannykannot 1y ago
  The key issue appears to be how long it took to realize that existing infrastructure would present a showstopping cost. In practice, waterfall and agile are virtually indistinguishable in their ability to anticipate such issues early - they can, but doing so depends on factors independent of the differences in methodology.
• sevensor 1y ago
  Either one of fine as long as you are doing it and not having it done to you. In the latter case, waterfall will crush your soul under a stack of binders, while agile is death by a thousand cuts.
  • MobiusHorizons 1y ago
    That’s a really excellent insight! I’m going to use that! Another common pitfall seems to be engineering teams choosing agile when the business engagement model is waterfall. This puts you in the unfortunate situation of trying to change requirements without being able to get paid for those changes.
• pydry 1y ago
  Or who only experienced waterfall, which was always branded as agile.