[ale] OT: Scrum and Extended Development

[Christopher Fowler]

Seems to me like this is the Nirvana of programming.  As a developer if
I could place those restrictions on sales, executives, users, and others
then my life would be easier.  Not a week goes by that sales does not
try to add stuff to a feature list.  In this environment they would have
to add a feature to their own list and wait until the next iteration for
it to be developed.  What sales rep do you know that can wait for
features to be developed?

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:36, Michael Hirsch wrote:

> I'd like to see why they make that claim.  I think scrum is great for
> coming in and clearing logjams in projects.
> 
> Scrum sounds to me like a really good thing to use on your project.
> After each iteration you are supposed to have "shippable code".  It
> should be fully tested and running--no "demo ware".  For a conversion
> project, this seems like a good thing.
> 
> Scrum only works if you have real management buy-in on it.  If you adopt
> it, will management let you proceed?  Will they let you not change
> requirements except between iterations?  Will they let you have fixed
> length iterations?  If not, then I wouldn't bother adopting it.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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