HN Explorer

Ask HN: Which agile development process do you use or not hate?

7 points by thelarry ↗ HN
I am not really sold on any of them but we use scrum at my place of work and sometimes it makes me a sad panda.

5 comments

[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] thread
tedmiston
On an individual level, have you experimented with test-driven development?
thelarry
I have and I actually thought it helped a good bit, but then I got lazy and started writing test cases only after I develop.
ayers
Could you elaborate a little on why you don't like scrum at your workplace?
jakubholynet
Well, in Norway nearly everybody uses "Scrum" but Scrum is not always Scrum. To make it rock, you need a certain mindset - in the team and the company - and culture. It is primarily about values and culture, not processes. Changing culture is hard. Maybe a different process might help with it (if it blends better with its current state) or may be not. The state os SW development in general makes me sad panda, especially after having read Poppendieck's Lean SW development: From Concept to Cash and then looking at real-world project all around.
ragatskynet
"Scrum is not always Scrum." - Big point, haha - I see hundreds of people using "Scrum" and not Scrum.