Re:Hard deadlines are not user-first
by jacques_chester on Sunday January 05, 2020 @03:52AM
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Late to the discussion.
Many Pivotal teams hewed closely to the default practices, but not all. The most dogmatic is Pivotal Labs, because its job is to teach the basics. Having a rigid, predictable structure works better to start folks off.
I've seen every sacred cow at Pivotal slaughtered by Pivots and guests, when it was felt that this was the right and effective thing to do.
> There is a disconnect somewhere cause I'm pretty sure we are saying the same thing.
Sort of. In our retros everything actually is up for discussion. If people think 1 week iterations may work better for us, we may try them out (and we have). We got rid of daily standups because of a retro discussion (they may come back if we feel communication is lacking). The point is there are no sacred cows.
You already stated a few things that appear set in stone. 1 week iterations, pair programming, daily stand ups, and everyone at the office for the same hours every day. From my standpoint that appears very rigid, and I wonder what there is to talk about in the retro if the development process is static.