@annathepiper@mastodon.murkworks.net
2026-07-18 23:43 UTC
@Clundoff@wandering.shop I swear to goddamn god once I finally retire, I'm never going to want to hear the word 'agile' again. >_< Signed: QA Engineer with years on end of being on teams that go "But We Have To Be AGILE" while at the same time locking you to 2-week sprints, hard stop, required standups and retros and in-depth planning sessions to nail down the exact minutia of what you're going to do in the next five minutes, all of which IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT AGILE and AUGH.
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@pixelpusher220@dmv.community 2026-07-19 02:18
@annathepiper@mastodon.murkworks.net @Clundoff@wandering.shop yep, I took to calling the inevitable hybrid of "Be Agile" and existing waterfall deadlines as... The Drunken Sailor Method
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@Clundoff@wandering.shop 2026-07-19 03:03
@annathepiper@mastodon.murkworks.net Exactly! You know how many completed, “we delivered all the required functionality in the agreed timeframe” Agile projects I was on in 25 years? 0. I was on several “pull the plug, lay everyone off and pretend this never happened” ones though.