Comments on: What Football Can Teach Agile

By: Max Pool

Max Pool — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:09:59 +0000

No, that’s a good point. Unfortunately, it completely hinges on how much the project leader is a “yes” man compared to a snake oil salesman.

By: Jason Gibb

Jason Gibb — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:59:35 +0000

At the risk of offending all the developers out there, many see fixed price/fixed scope projects in black and white, when the reality is often more gray. Even “fixed scope” projects are open for interpretation and some flexibility in how the requirements are implemented. This may just be the wedge a team can use to insert agile into seemingly un-agile projects.

By: Max Pool

Max Pool — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:53:30 +0000

@Scott

There are a ton of different opinions as linked in the article at Jermey Millers latest entry:

http://codebetter.com/blogs/je.....swers.aspx

In that article Udi suggests talking them out of doing fixed bid. Is that an option for most military RFPs? Nope, hard and fast budgets and constrants before any prototyping is even allowed.

This major kink in the Agile armour can not be fixed with a single dogmatic ideal. Moving the unwashed masses from Waterfall to Agile will need much more practical tactics for the fearful to change.

By: Scott Bellware

Scott Bellware — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:37:19 +0000

http://udidahan.weblogs.us/200.....-projects/

By: Paul Bourdeaux

Paul Bourdeaux — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:25:31 +0000

Anytime you can bring up football in a tech blog, you will get my attention. :)

My guess is that (for better or for worse) a type of bridge process like you mentioned will evolve to help make the transition process easier.