🔗 Michael O. Church’s answer to Why do some developers at strong companies like Google consider Agile development to be nonsense? – Quora

Michael O. Church’s answer to Why do some developers at strong companies like Google consider Agile development to be nonsense? – Quora Before I get into why this “Agile” stuff is horrible, let’s describe where Agile/Scrum can work. It can work for a time-sensitive and critical project of short duration (6 weeks max) that cross-cuts the business and has no clear manager , because it involves people from multiple departments. You can call it a “Code Red” or call it a Scrum or a “War Room” if you have a physical room for it. ...

16 April 2015 · 1 min · 167 words

🏞 Scrum, in theory vs. in practice

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🔗 Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) – PragDave

Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) – PragDave Back to the Basics Here is how to do something in an agile fashion. What to do: Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat How to do it: When faced with two or more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier. And that’s it. Those four lines and one practice encompass everything there is to know about effective software development. ...

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🔗 web economy bullshit generator

web economy bullshit generator

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