Bob Hartman
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Available after 10:30EDT on 10/19/2020
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@Jackie interesting twist. I guess it depends on your definition of “working”. Personally knowing 10 of the 17 authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, I can tell you without a doubt they would not have considered untested software to be “working”. To them “working” meant it was ready to be shipped and had passed all testing.
But I still don’t think it is the primary measure of progress today, so I agree with you just for a different reason. I think today this needs to be about working VALUABLE software. Too many companies are making a lot of software that is “working” and no one wants to use it because it either doesn’t provide value or it flat out stinks. My Agile Manifesto author friends would lament this as not “working software” as well, but they are the ones that messed up a bit by assuming “working” would be equated with “value” in the long run. People take these words too literally and can end up in a messy place. That’s why I like to help people understand the thought process the authors were trying to create, rather than the specific practices and measurements people have created from it.
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My favorite agile principle is this one:
“Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential.”
So many companies want to maximize the amount of work delivered and forget that it is about maximizing value, not volume! I know they are both words that start with the letter V, but c’mon!
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Yoda is a master!
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I was on vacation and just now catching up, so the next few messages will list all the recent ones:
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Premieres October 7th.
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Premieres October 6th:
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Sorry to hear about the RIF. Hopefully it will all work out for you!
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