If I had a coin for every time someone replied to these kinds of posts with "That's not Agile! You're not doing Agile properly! True Agile is..blah..blah".....well, I'd have a few coins!
I have had Agile/Scrummy Agile/FrAgile/Enterprise Fragile shoved firmly down my throat in every single job I've work since 2006. Rather than actually let the software professionals do their job, other non-technical people insist on these poor excuses for a micro-management methodology.
Just this week, I was asked by our resident enterprise management consultant to put hourly estimates and actual hours worked on all of my assigned 20+ User Stories. He said "This is Agile 101! All of the best teams in the world do this! Follow the process!"
Today, he wants me to add estimates and actual hours to my 20 Bugs and bug-fixes too, plus add tasks to each User Story explained what work I actually did. Nevermind that I'm the only developer 100% allocated to the project, so there's only one person to micro-manage I suppose!
Shouldn't commonsense prevail in these modern times? No? lol :-P
Edit: Is it possible for one to get paid just to rant about how terrible Agile is?
I have had Agile/Scrummy Agile/FrAgile/Enterprise Fragile shoved firmly down my throat in every single job I've work since 2006. Rather than actually let the software professionals do their job, other non-technical people insist on these poor excuses for a micro-management methodology.
Just this week, I was asked by our resident enterprise management consultant to put hourly estimates and actual hours worked on all of my assigned 20+ User Stories. He said "This is Agile 101! All of the best teams in the world do this! Follow the process!" Today, he wants me to add estimates and actual hours to my 20 Bugs and bug-fixes too, plus add tasks to each User Story explained what work I actually did. Nevermind that I'm the only developer 100% allocated to the project, so there's only one person to micro-manage I suppose!
Shouldn't commonsense prevail in these modern times? No? lol :-P
Edit: Is it possible for one to get paid just to rant about how terrible Agile is?