test please delete

[NickFitz]

Got a heads up that someone is leaving at ex-clientco (thankfully in a team with a manager that isn't a complete loon), have pinged the manager a "happy new year" e-mail and dropped vague hints as to my availability.

You never know!

Worth a shot

[NickFitz]

Finally got Internet access on my ClientCorp laptop. Just checked, and CUK isn't blacklisted

(Posted from my MBA anyway, as there's no need to let their firewall logs know what I'm up to )

[norrahe]

Worth a shot

Also asked my mate to drop hints. Contractor who's left is based in blighty but that's not to say stuff can be managed over here as most of their PMs are NL based.

[eek]

That's the first standup of ClientCorp's new "Agile" regime survived

I'm quite impressed at the way the business world has adopted the Agile methodology and successfully converted it into a rigidly structured process that exhibits virtually no agility whatsoever and ensures control remains within numerous layers of middle management, while still giving the impression of allowing for agility

The government adopted agile years ago. As a means of ensuring their last minute fundamental changes are included in the next release...

[Bunk]

That's the first standup of ClientCorp's new "Agile" regime survived

I'm quite impressed at the way the business world has adopted the Agile methodology and successfully converted it into a rigidly structured process that exhibits virtually no agility whatsoever and ensures control remains within numerous layers of middle management, while still giving the impression of allowing for agility

Our record for a standup here is 45 minutes

It's the most meeting-heavy agile project I've ever seen. And they still think agile means they don't ever need to define requirements

[Alias]

[vwdan]

Morning all! Still in a good amount of discomfort after having my toenail removed

[NickFitz]

Our record for a standup here is 45 minutes

It's the most meeting-heavy agile project I've ever seen. And they still think agile means they don't ever need to define requirements

To be fair, they're not doing it too badly here. But it's hard to change a corporate culture that's been wholly waterfall-centric for years overnight.

[NickFitz]

Morning all! Still in a good amount of discomfort after having my toenail removed

[FiveTimes]

An old permie company has contacted me about whether I'd be interested in a position they have