Comments on: Your New Process (Some Assembly Required) http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/ Ideas for building efficient developers and software Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shawn Oster http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2544 Shawn Oster Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:23:32 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2544 Software processes are a lot like diets; most teams know how to actually fix the problem, with a balanced approach, trimming away the fat of their processes and consistent effort by everyone on the team, yet most teams like people are lazy and are looking for some silver bullet, one pill, one process solution. One funny truth is that if everyone is committed to a project and marching towards the same goals using the same tools almost *any* process will work. One of the real benefits I think of Agile is that the short cycles and broader involvement by everyone earlier in the process keeps everything fresh and engaging and leaves less gaps for people to drift out of focus. Software processes are a lot like diets; most teams know how to actually fix the problem, with a balanced approach, trimming away the fat of their processes and consistent effort by everyone on the team, yet most teams like people are lazy and are looking for some silver bullet, one pill, one process solution.

One funny truth is that if everyone is committed to a project and marching towards the same goals using the same tools almost *any* process will work. One of the real benefits I think of Agile is that the short cycles and broader involvement by everyone earlier in the process keeps everything fresh and engaging and leaves less gaps for people to drift out of focus.

]]> By: Max Pool http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2542 Max Pool Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:01:50 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2542 @SteveJ - LOL, even though I hate CMM I do believe consistent running of the process would produce *predictable* results. Unfortunately, due to the pain levels of CMM people bastardize it, thus spending more time in the end... @SteveJ –

LOL, even though I hate CMM I do believe consistent running of the process would produce *predictable* results. Unfortunately, due to the pain levels of CMM people bastardize it, thus spending more time in the end…

]]> By: SteveJ http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2541 SteveJ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:31:28 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2541 Does this post work if it's twisted to the dark side? Can you claim CMMI doesn't work because people don't work hard enough at it? Or does it fail because it requires too much effort in the first place? Does this post work if it’s twisted to the dark side? Can you claim CMMI doesn’t work because people don’t work hard enough at it? Or does it fail because it requires too much effort in the first place?

]]> By: Carlton http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2535 Carlton Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:26:28 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2535 Guess that is what they mean by "people over process". Guess that is what they mean by “people over process”.

]]> By: Kevin Berridge http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2534 Kevin Berridge Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:52:52 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/your-new-process-some-assembly-required/#comment-2534 I agree with you. Unfortunately, many people think the point of a process is to make sure the project is not poorly executed. The problem is that a process is only as good as the people who implement it. You can't take a good process and "bad" people and find success. It just doesn't work that way. I agree with you. Unfortunately, many people think the point of a process is to make sure the project is not poorly executed. The problem is that a process is only as good as the people who implement it.

You can’t take a good process and “bad” people and find success. It just doesn’t work that way.

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