Re: Agile Development, Anyone?

On 8/29/2011 9:09 AM, David Gibbs wrote:

On 8/25/2011 11:57 AM, Buck wrote:

On 8/24/2011 5:46 PM, Sam_L wrote: I am a lifelong RPG programmer -
33 years and a bit - and I think that the agile philosophies have
much to offer me. My colleagues and management don't necessarily
share that view which constrains my ability to adapt particular
methodologies like pair programming. If I could though, I'd
definitely prefer a more agile group.

This is the biggest impediment to Agile / Scrum adoption ... it's a MAJOR change. You have to change the way you THINK.

And some of it frankly makes me shudder. Pair programming in particular is a concept that could be as damaging as it is helpful. Two people doing one job? Just to break even you have to finish the job in half the clock time with the same number of errors. Fewer errors is certainly good, but enough to make up for an additional worker? I doubt you get that sort of improvement for your best developers.

Personally, I think pair programming is probably much better for new programmers than for experts. And I think other agile concepts are probably the same: they make sense in some situations and not in others.

Joe