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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) by Thexalon on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:46PM
From the point of view of management, heck yes it does.
Odds are not zero that you wear a costume to the office as well: As in, it's not uncommon for people to wear a button down and slacks at the office, but not when they're just walking about town on a Saturday. You might also have to add in a tie and/or suit coat. Even if you don't wear a costume like this to the office on a regular basis, you almost definitely wore one when you interviewed for the job or sat down to meet with a client to get a contract. All of this has at best zero effect on productivity of course, but some idiots in management still like people to have to play dress-up (they call it "looking professional") as part of earning a paycheck. Women have it even worse than men, because the costume isn't standardized so you get stupid stuff like the New York Times reporting on what color Hillary Clinton was wearing during the Benghazi committee meeting as if that was somehow important.
And not totally unrelatedly, my experience with LARPing has actually helped me professionally, because it's prepared me for dealing with groups of people that would just as soon stab me in the back as work with me.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.