Re:Why some software developers hate Agile
by chris11 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:15PM
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But using agile does change how developers communicate progress to management. So agile processes can definitely indirectly impact how your productivity is perceived and measured.
Re:Why some software developers hate Agile
by Someone1234 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:13PM
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> But IMO agile is not at all about measuring productivity, I'm not sure how you'd come to that conclusion?
It wasn't a conclusion it was a summation of what is happening when agile ideas are misused. I've seen it used that way too, it never ends way because nobody can measure a programmer's productivity/effectiveness.
There is, I admit, an element of it in the sprint planning, but that is only meant to be a tool to figure out how much work can be put into the next sprint. Agile does not care what your absolute value of velocity is.
If however, some misinformed PM is obsessing over velocity then I think that is a very different issues and not really related to the essence of agile.