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: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday November 18 2015, @05:17PM
The UM methodology works like this:
- Understatement: All project requirements and estimates of resource usage (including but not limited to personnel and timeline) are understated to get the project approved by higher-ups.
- Misery: The project manager demands that all personnel assigned to the project work ridiculous hours of overtime for as long as it takes to get the project done.
This methodology is in common use in corporate environments where the people that make the decisions about which projects are to be prioritized have limited if any contact with the people who are supposed to do the actual work of making the project come to fruition. That's because project managers know that their performance rating depends on getting their projects approved (otherwise, their bosses can say "Well what have you accomplished this year?") more than getting their projects completed on schedule or within budget.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2015, @07:29PM
Hey, you plagiarized that from my upcoming book "The Um Methodology Synergy Paradigm Shift Revolution: Why You Should Hire Me As A Consultant".