Going Agile Thursday, 25 June 2009
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So, I’m back again. Still in the same job – for now – the Bell Curve hasn’t claimed me just yet, nor has the recession. Needless to say our Lords And Masters have used all the media hype as an excuse for a pay freeze. I guess that makes me luckier than the poor buggers that work for BA, but after 5 years of not keeping up with inflation I’m still allowed a minimoan, aren’t I?
So what’s happened since I’ve been away?
We’ve officially Gone Agile.
This is the latest fad in software development. It means the bosses get to make us deliver something every two weeks. It’s called “sprinting”. Every day we get to have a “scrum” in the morning, which isn’t as bad as it sounds. We don’t have to all get into a sweaty group hug or anything. We just sit about in a meeting room and say what we did yesterday, what we’ll be doing today, and list all the things that are likely to stop us from achieving anything (we’re not allowed to complain about having too many meetings, however).
In short – Agile is even more fucked up than the last “methodology” we supposedly used. I feel several rants coming on…
