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Well, I sure hope someone uses these processes as they are meant and as you describe. This was not aimed at you personally, I just have never witnessed it. In
by moe 18y ago
Well, I sure hope someone uses these processes as they are meant and as you describe. This was not aimed at you personally, I just have never witnessed it.
In fact the words "Agile", "XP" and "SCRUM" have pretty much turned into red flags for me. My immediate reflex whenever someone feels a need to mention those to me is to bill by the hour - because anything else would probably come back and haunt me iteratively ...
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoI'd be careful of overgeneralizing. Even in true management fads, there's usually a grain of truth in there somewhere. Just don't be the guy who never picks up any new skills because 1) people usually misapply them, or 2) you had a bad experience. Everything is a tool in your toolbox. Lots of tools means lots of options. I've found that even with "heavy" process overhead, like CMM or CMMI, if you talk to the developers they're supposed to be practical and make sense. It's the way people in companies apply these things that are usually at the heart of why they don't work. At the end of the day, it all gets back to people.