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Beware the Agile System

Is Nietzsche’s proclamation too harsh? “I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity.” Perhaps it’s a tad extreme, but it makes its point well: systems crush (or at best, ignore) the needs of the individual; systems lack creativity; systems are easy, but they can also be…

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the new idol

If Zarathustra were alive today and he were a software developer, he’d probably declare something like this: Somewhere there are still peoples and herds, but not with us, my brethren: here there is Agile. Agile? What is that? Well! open now your ears unto me, for now will I say unto you my word concerning the…

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how to have a terrible meeting

set a vague (or no) agenda – so that attendees can come to the meeting with no idea what it’s for and do no preparationdo not try to solve any questions before the meeting via slack (or email) – as this could mean cancelling the meeting altogether, saving a tremendous amount of time for attendeesinvite…

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The Agile Industrial Complex

The Definition “The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country’s military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.” – Wikipedia Satirically, I’d argue that there exists an Agile-Industrial Complex (AIC), which describes the relationship between a country’s software companies and the Agile…

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Hi, I’m Lillie. Previously a magazine editor, I became a full-time mother and Product Manager in 2017. I spent most of my time avoiding my kids and husband, while becoming a Certified Scrum Master, then I realized how nihilistic Agile was and started writing about it.

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