By bloid
via madconomist.com
Published: Aug 10 2008 / 00:28
The software industry might be the world’s greatest breeding ground for new systems of management. From Agile, to Extreme Programming , to Test Driven Development (TDD), the acronyms and frameworks keep piling up. Why?
Some say it’s immaturity: that software is still a young industry and all the change is the path to some true fundamentals. Others say it’s because software people like making things up and can’t help themselves. Well I say this: if we’re going to have dozens of models we may as well have some that are honest, however cynical, to what’s really going on much of the time.
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java_dm replied ago:
The original posting (19 June 2007) of this (referenced as the Original Source in this entry) is at http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/asshole-driven-development/ and is worth looking at because of all the comments in the feedback section that add their own set of software development motivations.
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noahz replied ago:
Can I give this more than one vote up? BTW - I suspect that a lot of "Agile" shops are actually using DBD methodology.
Doug Karr replied ago:
Too bad that it's not the original posting. Interestingly enough, none of the 'techniques' mention discovering new methodologies or actually talk about serving the customer.
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