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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by therealdrag0 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:39AM (#34892416)
Why is that?

My current team only estimates projects not tickets and does not do scrum, and I don’t notice a difference in performance from scrum teams I’ve been on.

Furthermore, I worked on a 18 month project that was estimated by someone who was not on the team that implemented it and it was implemented on time without overtime, and without any special process. Maybe that was unicorn, but it happens.

I think just having a manager/tech lead that cares and maintains priorities is all it takes to stay on track.

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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by hef19898 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:29AM (#34893096)
Processes are great tools in the hands of good managers / leaders. Good processes in the hands of bad ones, or bad company culture, does not make them good managers.

Outside of software, you see the same thing over and over again with Lean Management and TPS.

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