I can tell you all from direct experience Agile is not a one-size-fits-all tool. Its a tool, best used in mid-sized to larger organizations trying to build software. Its not at all appropriate for smaller shops. Kanban works just fine in those.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Ronan Jouchet < ronan.jouc...@cadensimaging.com> wrote: > On 2016-10-04 10:28, Bob Hood wrote: > >> Like Spiral from whence it sprung, I think Agile works wonderfully >> in certain project profiles. However, not everybody drinks the >> all-Agile-all-the-time Kool-Aid®. Contrary to popular religion, >> Agile is not the savior of the industry. It's another tool in the >> toolbox, not a replacement for all the other tools, and savvy project >> managers still apply the development methodology (Spiral, Agile, >> Waterfall, etc.) or hybrid -- e.g., Waterfall mixed with Agile >> elements -- that makes the most sense for the success of a project. >> >> Just applying full Agile without considering the characteristics of >> the project and its intended result is absolutely not a guarantee of >> success. >> > > Absolutely. But you're fighting a strawman; Jason was in no way trying > to spread meaningless Agile verbiage / kool-aid, he also explained in > detail what he meant by it. Quoting him, emphasis mine: > > On 2016-10-04 10:03, Jason H wrote: > >> My Agile team does two week sprints so we can reorder priorities >> twice a month. **The Qt community has no say (AFAIK) in determining >> the priority status, or what is worked on when**. The worst issue I >> know of as an example of this is the Canvas bug on iOS ( >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-37095 ). It's been in there >> for 2.5 _years_, 17 votes and 36 watchers. Which in my experience is >> pretty damn high, though there are older and higher ones. Use the >> search string "votes >= 17 AND status != Closed and type = Bug" to >> get a list of that and it's brethren. >> >> Which brings up the question, **why isn't the Qt staff using a >> similar search to prioritize their backlog on a regular basis?** >> >> I think the **incorporation of a regular search of that nature** >> would immensely improve the product. I don't think there is any >> **transparency in the selected for fix criteria** ? >> > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > -- *“These last few days are among the happiest I’ve ever ignored.”* *-Doug Kenney*MDExMDEwMDAgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMDExMDAgMDExMDExMDAgMDExMDExMTE gMDAxMDAwMDAgMDExMDExMTAgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMTAxMTEgMDAxMDAwMD AgMDExMDAxMTAgMDExMTAwMTAgMDExMDEwMDEgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMDExMT AgMDExMDAxMDAg
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