I find Agile – and the people that push it – really annoying, and I think what annoys me about it is the implication that I’m old fashioned because I prefer the old method of Gantt charts to the new method of Agility. The old, tried and tested method, used for every large project for […]
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Is Agile like Jazz?
I love jazz, because it’s different every time, even when the same people are playing the same song – and I find Classical music mostly rather dull because you’re reading music from a score, so, barring subtle differences of conductors’ interpretations, it’s the same every time, and there’s not much scope for individual expression. Not […]
Agile – do they secretly have a plan?
Results of my recent survey on Linkedin: So it’s quite a mixed bag; a few are really doing pure agile with no plan, just staying flexible and making it up as they go along, a third have a list of deliverables but no date planned, so they are just working through the list without a […]
Agile principles
I’ve just been reading this article and I agree with pretty much all of it. Just two things to add: The author (unknown, 2016, Gil Broza I think) writes: For instance, in millions of IT projects the important things are usually these: Make early commitments (= promise what will be done by when and for […]
When to use Agile, when to use Waterfall??
Here’s a helpful infographic: Of course there ARE quite a lot of small software projects, and these projects often do have unclear objectives, so Agile does have its place. But if it’s not software, if it’s big, or if you definitely know what you want – then I believe that Waterfall / Gantt / APM […]
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