[ale] OT: Scrum and Extended Development

[Christopher Fowler]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 16:36, John Wells wrote:
> Christopher Fowler said:
> > 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?
> 
> That's just it...this isn't a product we sell...it's a product we (3500
> employees) use.
> 
> That gives us some room for creativity, especially with Sarbanes Oxley
> breathing down our necks...

If you can force the people who do not develop into some rules that can
not be broken then it is a good way to go.  As I said my problem is that
we have too much code to write and no time to write it so since there
are no formal design stages changes are made all the time.  Which sucks