In practice, they just continued doing things the old way but added a zillion agile-style meetings to it.
Ding ding ding! And if your reviewers never review stuff, then you can't ever close your issues!
Sorry for the stressful day, sj.
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Dana - Jan 10, 2019 7:26:58 am PST #3761 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2019 8:38:23 am PST #3762 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, sj! That's a lot in one day.
Feel better, Sparky! That sounds terrible.
I really have to get my shit together. I'm not very busy, but there is definitely stuff I could/should be doing. Instead I am just dicking around. I am just in the doldrums and should probably take some time off so I'm not faking it, but I was just on vacation!
EpicTangent - Jan 10, 2019 8:42:25 am PST #3763 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ding ding ding! And if your reviewers never review stuff, then you can't ever close your issues!
And yet it's still your fault that the things are open, don't forget!
amych - Jan 10, 2019 8:43:09 am PST #3764 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My last company officially transitioned from waterfall to agile right before I joined. In practice, they just continued doing things the old way but added a zillion agile-style meetings to it.
THE WORST
Jesse - Jan 10, 2019 9:10:36 am PST #3765 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You guys, there is someone in a junior position here whose name is 100% the roller derby name of someone else in a senior position: The senior person is (not actually, but e.g.) Buffy Claymore, and the junior person is Buffy Slaymore!!
lisah - Jan 10, 2019 9:14:53 am PST #3766 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
the sooner you adapt all the silly corporate rules to a structure that actually works for you, the more actually agile you'll be.
This!!!
-t - Jan 10, 2019 9:37:08 am PST #3767 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooooh, that's awesome Jesse!
Communications class is fine, I guess. We are getting lunch, so that's something.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2019 11:25:45 am PST #3768 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Agile is hell for the documentation side of any org. HELL. I have come around to the heretical stance that waterfall is actually better than agile, because it doesn't have a million meetings to distract people, and there are usually built-in NO REALLY YOU ALL WILL REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND GIVE FEEDBACK parts of the schedule.
I also miss specs and spec review, because that process was far more helpful to writers and editors.
Dana - Jan 10, 2019 11:32:17 am PST #3769 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We at least don't have to do daily stand-ups because all our devs are in France. But then that means that all of the reviews and planning meetings are early morning.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2019 11:36:41 am PST #3770 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Waterfall also had UI review built in. And specs to start a terminology list with.