Ah, it has finally happened: the first publication that has declared that Scrum is dead. Apparently, the over-paid consultants have relieved the under-clued bosses of all the money they can, so it's time for the next fad.
Scrum works, of course. Just about any software development methodology works, as long as you have good people working in a disciplined team. If you have a lousy team, adopting the latest fad isn't going to help you.
Iterative development is an old technique. I knew of it as far back as the 1980's, but writing this submission, I see that it has roots much farther back. In software, all the way back to the 1950s. In product development generally, it goes back at least to the 1930's, when Walter Shewhard proposed short "plan, do, study, act" cycles for product improvement.
So: let's take bets. What will the next fad be? TFA says it will be the "open development method". What do Soylentils think the consultants will be selling our bosses in five years?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by OwMyBrain on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:20PM
For the most part I would agree with this. No matter how you dress it up...scrum, agile, waterfall, xp, the projects that are successful end up that way because the coders that do the work know the one true development methodology. [http]
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday November 18 2015, @05:39PM
http://programming-motherfucker.com/ [programming-motherfucker.com]
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