My experience with Agile is that it sounds like it would be great if it worked. And maybe it does work for devs. We writers aren't loving it.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 09, 2019 5:59:51 pm PST #3747 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sarameg - Jan 09, 2019 6:24:41 pm PST #3748 of 30019
Yeah, we've got dev for whom many, it isn't that different from what we do already, but also firefighting & doc & the latter two don't fit well into that schema unless you just exclude them from the same rigidity. That's what is causing the most tsuris. That and the dev who just work best to be left alone. And I'm throwing down on that fight.
sarameg - Jan 09, 2019 6:37:00 pm PST #3749 of 30019
I don't have managerial authority, deliberately. I have seniority & knowledge & history with managing personalities. So my efficacy in my fight rides on those pillars whose strength is judged several levels up the food chain with a very new middle. We'll see.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2019 3:36:15 am PST #3750 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love imagining what people here are like at work!
lisah - Jan 10, 2019 4:34:40 am PST #3751 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Ask me anything about Agile! Or being a writer working with Agile dev teams, for that matter.
sj - Jan 10, 2019 4:48:58 am PST #3752 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We have a conference call with a lawyer in a bit. My stomach is very wonky with stress.
amych - Jan 10, 2019 5:03:57 am PST #3753 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
As a dev, pretty much every job is agile any more, and that's a good thing -- but it's super important to realize that there's a difference between agile and Agile™ and the sooner you adapt all the silly corporate rules to a structure that actually works for you, the more actually agile you'll be.
Laura - Jan 10, 2019 5:06:34 am PST #3754 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Calm~ma, sj. I hope you feel better after the call.
sarameg - Jan 10, 2019 5:17:56 am PST #3755 of 30019
Welp. Guess what? I'm in this training with literally my division boss, the one who foisted agile on us & several other div heads & a deputy director & various other upper level mgmt.
And I am not censoring & this just got really interesting.
I'm sitting next to him.
Amy - Jan 10, 2019 5:23:32 am PST #3756 of 30019
Because books.
Sending much calming ~ma, sj.
I have never even heard of Agile!