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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by jahewson on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:36AM (#34892037)
That sounds exactly like a contractor. "It will be done for $x in y months". Actually it was done for $x * 1.25 in y*2 months.
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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by jshen on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:46AM (#34892101)
1.25 cost is reasonable, and is solvable by adding a buffer. Taking 2x the time is ridiculous, and a professional should be able to do better.
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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by dilyevsky on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:28AM (#34892348)
Well if you find such contractors beyond very small jobs please do let me know ;) because I’ve personally never seen one
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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by jshen on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @02:10AM (#34892601)
I’ve built major resorts, and have seen this done successfully many times.
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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by biglost on Monday February 27, 2023 @09:09AM (#34956549)
A few months ago i worked at a company which estimated 2 months, after 1 year and a half it’s still not done, i quit a couple of weeks ago But the client, a really bigcopany, it’s angry but stillwaiting, lying to tjeir upper managent to get a few bonuses
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