SCRUM is not our saviour

http://www.higginsninja.net/Blog/scrum-is-not-our-saviour/

by GarethX • 11 years ago

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Interesting post, there is however one main point about the agile process missing from the post, and maybe this just goes to show how many organizations are doing it wrong, but retrospectives are a large part that makes not just agile work but helps make sure a team as a whole can work together.

It is great if you can adopt ideal agile/scrum practices, but as the article alludes that doesn't always work for people. Retrospectives are a way for the team to reflect on their current process, on what works and what doesn't and to continually make the changes they need in order to be productive and successful.

Also, another side note. I have worked for organizations that both allow padding space in velocity for technical debt and those that constrict it. It works much better when the organization (I am thinking mostly managers, product, non-dev) know and agree up front to a set amount of time each sprint being spent on technical debt.

HigginsNinja2• 11 years ago

Absolutely, if you have buy in from management to attack the technical aspects it's a much better environment overall.

I mean to speak more to the situations where you have non technical management, or at least those that don't understand the repercussions of bad technical decisions.

In those situations, you need to take it on yourself to make sure you're handling the technical balancing act yourself.

brettlangdon2• 11 years ago

Yeah, I agree. As developers most of us want to develop the best that we can all the time, either new features or cleaning up technical debt, but the pressure from the business to always push to get things done as quickly as possible is very stressful to deal with.

HigginsNinja2• 11 years ago

This article is more of a narrative on when you have non technical management who is flexible, but just doesn't know or care about the technical aspects of your job. They just want it to work.

SCRUM is not our saviour

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