Comments on: A Word About Forced “Agile” http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: PM Hut http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/#comment-128527 PM Hut Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:12:20 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=660#comment-128527 James, Since you mentioned the cargo cult, here's an article on <a href='http://www.pmhut.com/cargo-cult-project-management' rel="nofollow">Cargo Cult Project Management</a>. Hope you'll like it. James,

Since you mentioned the cargo cult, here’s an article on Cargo Cult Project Management. Hope you’ll like it.

]]> By: James Carr http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/#comment-126459 James Carr Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:41:17 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=660#comment-126459 @Will I think it's easily identifiable by listening to the dev teams and stakeholders. If the devs are writing lots of tests for getters and setters to keep management off their back, there's a problem. If the stakeholders don't communicate with the dev teams outside of formal meetings, there's a problem. And overall, if the teams don't own their estimations and rather than committing to complete work they're committed to delivering what has been imposed upon them,forcing them to work long hours to meet deadlines, there's a problem! :) @Will I think it’s easily identifiable by listening to the dev teams and stakeholders.

If the devs are writing lots of tests for getters and setters to keep management off their back, there’s a problem.

If the stakeholders don’t communicate with the dev teams outside of formal meetings, there’s a problem.

And overall, if the teams don’t own their estimations and rather than committing to complete work they’re committed to delivering what has been imposed upon them,forcing them to work long hours to meet deadlines, there’s a problem! :)

]]> By: Wes http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/#comment-126406 Wes Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:29:08 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=660#comment-126406 nice blog. i see the same thing. nice blog. i see the same thing.

]]> By: Will Sargent http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/#comment-126394 Will Sargent Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:34:26 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=660#comment-126394 Can you talk more about this? I understand the distinction, but how would you identify it in a company, looking from the outside? Can you talk more about this? I understand the distinction, but how would you identify it in a company, looking from the outside?

]]> By: Mike Finney http://blog.james-carr.org/2010/02/03/a-word-about-forced-agile/#comment-126385 Mike Finney Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:52:00 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=660#comment-126385 Nice blog post. I totally agree. Kent Beck gave a great interview about being Agile as opposed to doing Agile. Here's a similar blog about the interview with a link to the interview itself: http://finneycanhelp.blogspot.com/2008/01/xp-principles-support-you-kent-beck.html :) Nice blog post.

I totally agree. Kent Beck gave a great interview about being Agile as opposed to doing Agile. Here’s a similar blog about the interview with a link to the interview itself: http://finneycanhelp.blogspot.com/2008/01/xp-principles-support-you-kent-beck.html :)

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