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 bzipitidoo on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:50PM
It'll work. They don't know that scrum is part of Agile. If they do know, they'll treat themselves to a training seminar that explains they were doing Agile all wrong anyway.
Reboot is in! It works for PCs and the movies. So, call this next fad "Rebooted Agile". Faster because it has new boots! (Do I hear anyone saying that's not what "reboot" means? Shh!) When that fad fades, it'll be time for Rebooted Waterfall!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @06:46AM
agile not so bad... compared to waterfall
but then comparing anything to waterfall is a very low bar