| Andrew M. on 16 Nov 2018 09:48:31 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] DevOps practices/framework |
I worked at a fairly large company and witnessed its transition to Agile (I was in a business role). The development pipeline was completely dysfunctional beforehand and it was transformed into a swift machine. It was impressive. A lot of people use "agile" as an empty buzzword, for sure, but there is a cult around Agile with all kinds of rules and practices (e.g., the scrum concept). The company I was at got its results by taking all the rules completely seriously... so I reckon there is something to it and benefit for at least some companies. On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, at 9:35 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 9:13 AM Jeff Golas <jgolas@jkj.com> wrote: > > > > Someone recently suggested I read "A seat at the table", which is > > indended to help CIOs be more aligned with executive management, > > etc. I'm only a few pages in, and I'm pretty sure the word Agile > > was used 22,561 times, so that book may be good for a collection of > > buzzwords. > > > > I guess the question is whether your goal is to use Agile, or to be > able to get a bonus from your boss for claiming that you use Agile. > > I suspect management at work read that book. To a large degree at > work the word "Agile" means "waterfall with unrealistic deadlines." I > mean, what business manager doesn't want his IT service provider to be > "agile?" Then again, when the procurement process ensures that > signing a contract takes as long as delivering a full-scale project, > there isn't a lot of incentive to just deliver an MVP. > > -- > Rich > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug