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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by dustedcodes on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:49AM (#34893594)
> They want a one size fits all process that produces results, if not optimally, at least consistently

I disagree with this statement. Waterfall produced good enough results. What they really want is the most meeting and process heavy approach irrespective of results, because those who advocate for Agile are the people who have no real job and this gives them enough bullshit to bs themselves through every day of their work week.

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Re:The age of cargo cult Agile must end by wkat4242 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:35AM (#34893883)
Waterfall was good in a time where requirements were more static. It's not great when you don't know the requirements fully or they may change during the project.

I'm not a fan of agile either though. I'm not a team player and agile is way too heavy on the framework side for me. But some parts of it are ok like close collaboration with the (internal) client.

Luckily I work for a company that thinks logging our hours in Jira means we're agile so I don't really have a lot to do with it.

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