Comments on: Agile development is more culture than process http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2009/03/agile-development-is-more-culture-than-process The personal brain dump of Garrett Coakley Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2009/03/agile-development-is-more-culture-than-process#comment-86 Martin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86 ...or, another way to put it, it doesn't matter how good you are in an Agile project; if other people fail, you'll get the blame. See, I can write biased opinions too, and without individually biased words like 'scapegoating' :-) (It should be obvious that Jeff missed out his essential assumption of "if you're enough of a snivelling whiner to use them to cover your own failings" compared to the healthier assumption of "they allow you to work out what needs to be fixed without throwing out the baby with the bathwater") …or, another way to put it, it doesn’t matter how good you are in an Agile project; if other people fail, you’ll get the blame.

See, I can write biased opinions too, and without individually biased words like ‘scapegoating’ :-)

(It should be obvious that Jeff missed out his essential assumption of “if you’re enough of a snivelling whiner to use them to cover your own failings” compared to the healthier assumption of “they allow you to work out what needs to be fixed without throwing out the baby with the bathwater”)

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