SoylentNews
SoylentNews is people
https://soylentnews.org/

bradley13 writes:

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?

Original Submission

1. "bradley13" - https://soylentnews.org/~bradley13/
2. "the first publication that has declared that Scrum is dead" - https://opensource.com/business/15/11/open-development-method
3. "In software, all the way back to the 1950s" - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HistoryOfIterative
4. "Walter Shewhard proposed short "plan, do, study, act" cycles for product improvement" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA
5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=10678

printed from SoylentNews, Scrum is dead! Long live...um... on 2023-06-05 02:57:17