Re: [AM] Problems ever occur in Agile?

[email protected] Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:03:49 EST
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In a message dated 3/29/2004 6:38:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20
[email protected] writes:
I cannot think of anything that makes it harder for my students to understa=
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agility than the subconscious brainwashing they have been given with respec=
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to phases throughout their education.  I think the same may be true of IT=
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Steven:

Right on!.

When I began my career as a softare developer in the U.S. Air Force, I had=
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visions of getting in "on the gound floor" of a "dynamic and exciting new=
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field". I should have read the fine print. Experience has taught me that th=
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majority of software developers and their managers comprise one of the most=
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conservative and "tight-butted" groups I've ever seen or had to work with. =
I have on=20
many occasions described those of my clients who elected to give agile a tr=
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"Desperate or Daring", and that about sums it up. Of course, so far, they=
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could also be described as "Successful", at least as far as the projects in=
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I was involved as a developer are concerned. I attribute their aversion to=
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just about anything other than the phased waterfall approach to their train=
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their aversion to try anything new, and pressure from the bean counters to=
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comply with the standard project costing models.=20

Regards,

Pete

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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 3/29/2004 6:38:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, Steven.=
[email protected] writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=
 2px solid"><FONT face=3DArial>I cannot think of anything that makes it har=
der for my students to understand agility than the subconscious brainwashin=
g they have been given with respect to phases throughout their education.&n=
bsp; I think the same may be true of IT managers.&nbsp; </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE=
></DIV>
<DIV>Steven:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Right on!.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>When I began my career as a softare developer in the U.S. Air Force, I=
 had visions of getting in "on the gound floor" of a "dynamic&nbsp;and exci=
ting new field". I should have read the fine print. Experience has taught m=
e that the majority of software developers and their managers&nbsp;comprise=
 one of the&nbsp;most conservative and "tight-butted" groups I've ever seen=
 or had to work with.&nbsp;I have on many occasions described those of my c=
lients who elected to give agile a try as "Desperate or Daring", and that a=
bout sums it up. Of course, so far, they could also be described as "Succes=
sful", at least as far as the projects in which I was involved as a develop=
er are concerned.&nbsp;I attribute their aversion to just about anything ot=
her than the phased waterfall approach to&nbsp;their training, their aversi=
on to try anything new, and pressure from the bean counters to comply with =
the standard project costing models. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Pete</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
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