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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostWhat people forget about standups is that you are not reporting to anyone - you are making a commitment to the rest of the team .
I attended an interview last week to join an agile team, and the scrum master kept doing this routine where he would raise his voice, furrow his eyebrows and try to intimidate me.
As a Londoner, I have become impervious to intimidation. You can shout and swear at me and I won't even blink.
Clearly this scrum master was just looking for people he could intimidate, and that was reflected by the other developers I met there who were all these meek little mice.
Don't get me wrong, I actually quite like some of the logistical improvements that come with Agile, like clearly defined tasks and more emphasis on testing.
But the culture of Agile has become pretty ugly, like some weird mini-dictatorshipComment
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Originally posted by Supply and Command View PostA distortion of reality? The team isn't employing each other.
I attended an interview last week to join an agile team, and the scrum master kept doing this routine where he would raise his voice, furrow his eyebrows and try to intimidate me.
As a Londoner, I have become impervious to intimidation. You can shout and swear at me and I won't even blink.
Clearly this scrum master was just looking for people he could intimidate, and that was reflected by the other developers I met there who were all these meek little mice.
Don't get me wrong, I actually quite like some of the logistical improvements that come with Agile, like clearly defined tasks and more emphasis on testing.
But the culture of Agile has become pretty ugly, like some weird mini-dictatorshipComment
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Originally posted by Supply and Command View Post
As a Londoner, I have become impervious to intimidation. You can shout and swear at me and I won't even blink.
Being brought up in London if someone gives me tulip I ignore them until I'm p*ssed off, and being pissed off may not have anything to do with the idiot p*ssing me off."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostNASA put a man on the moon using "antiquated" project management techniques on time and on budget.
Today using Agile that would be impossible,While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostThey also had a budget of $25 billion.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostSo did the Russians but they were using SCRUM.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Which is the point... with scrum you can implement a few little features.
But if you want to put a man on the moon you can't.Last edited by BlasterBates; 10 October 2013, 10:46.I'm alright JackComment
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I wonder what methodology Elon Musk uses in his companies?
Do you think he's an agile or waterfall type of guy?Comment
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It makes me cringe when agents start asking "can you do agile" "tell me about your agile experience"
It is soul destroying that this is now seen as a skill and further to that a skill that is highly sought after and one that is more valuable that skills that are necessary to actually do the job.Comment
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