Agile Manifesto co-author on making process ‘beacon of hope’ • The Register
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/15
In my book, having worked agile before I even knew there was an Agile Manifesto, being effective is all about simplicity, not about complex processes or tedious administration.
By now, many shops have blasted to much air in their agile processes that we are back with balloons big enough to hide the reinstated waterfall project management.
So it is great that that Jon Kern is back trying to really explain what Agile is about in this interview: [Wayback/Archive] Agile Manifesto co-author on making process ‘beacon of hope’ • The Register
Just one quote (as you should read the full interview):
Kern is blunt about why some individuals gravitate toward processes that might seem at odds with what the Manifesto is all about.
He asks: “Why are we back with these giant diagrams or giant processes? Well, because it gives comfort to those middle managers who really don’t know what’s going on as much as they might think they do.”
Kern gives an example: “I can latch on to this, I can see roles, and it’s nice. You know, the diagrams look great. And it’s almost like Waterfall; it gives me that false sense of security.
“And I’ll just pretend to ignore reality.”
OK, I lied. Second quote:
He adds: “The challenge of Agile is it being more of a mindset. And I think it’s the hardest way to be because you need to be constantly vigilant. [It’s] more pragmatic than dogmatic, except we treat it more like a dogmatic process… So I think it’s that dichotomy that makes things suck.”
Via [Wayback/Archive] The Register on X: “Agile Manifesto co-author blasts failure rates report, talks up ‘reimagining’ project”
--jeroen
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