Comments on: Agile is evil, or is it? http://www.androits.be/2010/05/agile-is-evil-or-is-it/ Software that grows on you Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:11:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Quincy http://www.androits.be/2010/05/agile-is-evil-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-44 John Quincy Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:11:24 +0000 http://www.androits.be/?p=70#comment-44 I could be your best friend! Agile methodologies are, without question, evil. The high level concepts of 'agile' have some merit. The implementations, however, are terrible. I've been doing iterative and incremental development for over 30 years, and I've seen fads come and go. This one will ultimately go as well, but it will take longer than usual because so many companies have sunk tens of millions of dollars into transforming their shops into this 'silver-bullet', 'one size fits all' approach. Most CIOs realize their mistake early on, but the short-term ramifications of doing a 180 would be more devastating to their career than sinking more money into consultants to 'transform the culture'. This humorous video is a pretty accurate depiction of a CIO who has decided to go agile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvks70PD0Rs John I could be your best friend! Agile methodologies are, without question, evil. The high level concepts of ‘agile’ have some merit. The implementations, however, are terrible.

I’ve been doing iterative and incremental development for over 30 years, and I’ve seen fads come and go. This one will ultimately go as well, but it will take longer than usual because so many companies have sunk tens of millions of dollars into transforming their shops into this ’silver-bullet’, ‘one size fits all’ approach. Most CIOs realize their mistake early on, but the short-term ramifications of doing a 180 would be more devastating to their career than sinking more money into consultants to ‘transform the culture’.

This humorous video is a pretty accurate depiction of a CIO who has decided to go agile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvks70PD0Rs

John

]]> By: YvesHanoulle http://www.androits.be/2010/05/agile-is-evil-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-33 YvesHanoulle Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.androits.be/?p=70#comment-33 The 'problem' with agile, is that it will show very quickly when a project goes wrong. Much faster as non-agile projects. Some people can't handle this truth, or worse, think that agile is the reason why things go wrong... The ‘problem’ with agile, is that it will show very quickly when a project goes wrong. Much faster as non-agile projects. Some people can’t handle this truth, or worse, think that agile is the reason why things go wrong…

]]> By: Keven Dwyer http://www.androits.be/2010/05/agile-is-evil-or-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Keven Dwyer Thu, 27 May 2010 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.androits.be/?p=70#comment-32 Very great writing! Honestly! Very great writing! Honestly!

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