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Agile... is the bubble bursting?
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostIs Kanban simply a list of items to do represented as cards. You then move them through various stages, todo, doing, test, done etc?Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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kanban
/ˈkanban/
noun
a Japanese manufacturing system in which the supply of components is regulated through the use of an instruction card sent along the production line.
an instruction card used in a kanban system.
plural noun: kanbans
What is Kanban? | LeanKit
Quite interesting
Main problem for managers (pointy haired or otherwise) is that they cannot just drop in, switch tulip around and then moan because stuff they switched does not get done because it is clear what the priorities are and who made those decisions.Comment
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Reading this thread kind of gives me the impression that we should get rid of all these methodologies along with all the staff based around them, PMs and whatever silly little names these people give themselves“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostReading this thread kind of gives me the impression that we should get rid of all these methodologies along with all the staff based around them, PMs and whatever silly little names these people give themselves
the PM does not stand for Project Manager....
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I remember in the days before Agile, when doing a project we would reduce it down to the smallest thing that was a deliverable and incrementally add the rest.
We set up a ticket (change request) system where changes could be added on demand. Virtually all software projects were organised on these lines. Some projects had design documents others didn't. If you had a design document then changing the document to add whatever change you were doing took up very little time. There is no difference between incrementally adding changes to a design document than changing the software.
All in all Agile is just hype. The myth is not agile, the myth is their description of life before Agile that only young developers will believe, who never knew what it used to be like,Last edited by BlasterBates; 31 October 2018, 12:44.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostIs Kanban simply a list of items to do represented as cards. You then move them through various stages, todo, doing, test, done etc?
Not sure how good it is for IR35 for contractors who are part of the collective - you have to pick the next available item to work (D&C) rather than having a set of deliverables for you personally. Happy with it from a permie point of view and would be happy if I was a contractor and all participants were contractors but not sure it lends itself well to IR35 happiness.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI remember in the days before Agile, when doing a project we would reduce it down to the smallest thing that was a deliverable and incrementally add the rest.
We set up a ticket (change request) system where changes could be added on demand. Virtually all software projects were organised on these lines. Some projects had design documents others didn't. If you had a design document then changing the document to add whatever change you were doing took up very little time. There is no difference between incrementally adding changes to a design document than changing the software.
All in all Agile is just hype. The myth is not agile, the myth is their description of life before Agile that only young developers will believe, who never knew what it used to be like,
Looks like it’s been hijacked and made into something complex.Comment
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI read the original manifesto and all good common sense.
Looks like it’s been hijacked and made into something complex.
Always the way with bulltulipting management shysters. Makes their job sound complex and important so they can't easily be replaced.
Part of the reason I prefer contracting to permiedom. If the client is infested with such nonsense I can easily move on.
My favourite management bulltulip at current client is the banning of certain words that may have negative connotations. I use them every opportunity I get in emails just to take the piss as I didn't go to the permie indoctrination lessons on this new staff behaviour policy.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostAlways the way with bulltulipting management shysters. Makes their job sound complex and important so they can't easily be replaced.
Part of the reason I prefer contracting to permiedom. If the client is infested with such nonsense I can easily move on.
My favourite management bulltulip at current client is the banning of certain words that may have negative connotations. I use them every opportunity I get in emails just to take the piss as I didn't go to the permie indoctrination lessons on this new staff behaviour policy.
Which jumped up belled in that company thought they had a right to tell people what words they can and cannot use - unbelievable - you need to name the client...Comment
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