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Once Agile was co-opted by management, it was time to move on.
by malvosenior 12y ago
Once Agile was co-opted by management, it was time to move on.
- YTowOnt9 12y agoCo-opted is the correct word. I like the idea of story points as a tool for communicating with each other about rough estimates. I don't like story points as a source of data for management to put into spreadsheets and use in dubious "velocity calculations". I especially don't like the results of those calculations being used to measure my individual productivity and set expectations about my future work rate. The language of agile has been co-opted to suit the needs of mediocre managers.
- logfromblammo 12y agoExactly this. Agile was converted from an adjective to a noun, and then people started selling the noun. There's only so much you can charge someone to tell them, "The skills your developers possess for creating and modifying computerized systems can also be applied to organizing software development teams. Just make it part of their jobs to improve their own process, and give them frequent, objective feedback on how they are doing."
- ratsbane 12y agoYes. That could apply to other things as well. Once anything is co-opted by management it's time to move. If management would just learn to program...