All these posts about "Agile vs. Waterfall"...
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐๐ and move on. ๐
You know why?
Because they signal a lack of understanding. So why should I listen? Lose my trust when I feel they don't know what they're talking about.
Many push the ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ-๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. As if:
- These are the only two in existence, or even the only two suitable.
- They are mutually exclusiveโeither/or.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐. It's a ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐บ. And I suspect they know it!
One simple example is the V-cycle; the "๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฒ" ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ and it's supposed to be! It's defined like that.
I๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด "๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด" ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ตโin any company!
What worries me more is that some know this and push a darker agenda based on sales and exploiting trust. They sell expensive consulting, then leave teams and businesses to pick up the pieces.
They then blame the Client for incorrect implementation or misunderstandings of the "underlying philosophy," and so on.
It's difficult to trust or give any credit to what they say when it comes across as dishonest!
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐? ๐
Just do the best job you can with the tools and resource available. Be adaptable to change and flexible. Admit and correct mistakes.
Resist Sunk-Costs fallacy and stop pouring resources and time into building what you specified initially just because you thought that was the best solution at the time.
If business needs change or context change adapt. Drop what's not needed anymore and pivot. Stop doing what doesnโt make sense. Question every task: Why are we doing it? What value does it bring? Can we drop it?
๐๐๐๐ง๐: ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ, regardless of the lifecycle model you choose.
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: ๐
Do your homework and some reading before berating what we do. Come with arguments addressing reality if you want to convince us.
What you do now is not the way. It's just pushing us further apart ...