Post ARGTPK7LxkFTduakGe by Zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com
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 (DIR) Post #ARGPZ8JoHpKG7yqAN6 by javahippie@freiburg.social
       2023-01-03T07:03:47Z
       
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       After working as a Software Developer for 14 years now, Scaled Agile / SAFe / Enterprise Agile is the best methodology I have seen if your plan is to burn out your teams as fast as possible.Combining short sprints with long-term-planning while taking away autonomy from the team is not agile, it is just a lot of unmovable fucking deadlines in short succession.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGPcVOewGOAZXiURk by schaueho@functional.cafe
       2023-01-03T07:47:11Z
       
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       @javahippie When Leffingwell's book on SAFe came out, it looked a bit scary but still useful. Judging from a workshop on a conference, I think Leffingwell himself is believing in doing things very agile and with lots of team involvement. Personally, I've never seen it implemented and have heard many horror stories since then. And the framework indeed looks to be perfect to keep micromanaging and power and control of the previous company culture alive.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGPcVt96um865ypxw by javahippie@freiburg.social
       2023-01-03T07:49:57Z
       
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       @schaueho There is a (biased) selection here: https://safedelusion.com ;)And of course, you can always consider that the framework is not applied correctly and would work better if it did.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGPcWVmnFgS1w3hC4 by schaueho@functional.cafe
       2023-01-03T08:34:19Z
       
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       @javahippie Yes, that's what the consultants would use as an excuse. But the reality is that culture is hard to change and most companies get change management completely wrong anyway.I guess it goes deeper than that, however. SAFe looks like it has both alignment and autonomy, but I think the focus is on rigid alignment and autonomy is only within the Scrum team (if at all, given that you still have governance from architects and others).
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGPcWzD1rDfVBpC3U by javahippie@freiburg.social
       2023-01-03T08:41:44Z
       
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       @schaueho And that's the core issue with all of the agile frameworks: They (or the people selling them) promise that change is easy. Just apply SCRUM, SAFe, The Spotify Model or L.A.F.A.B.L.E, and you will be agile immediately and produce better software faster. And even  if management doesn't believe this, they still buy it to impress the shareholders and emulate action.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGTPK7LxkFTduakGe by Zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-01-03T11:34:24.651752Z
       
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       @javahippie In short, remove (((managment))) from the equation and just do software development in the only sane way: While it's not finished, work on it.