Comments for Assess-IT http://www.assess-it.com Improving Processes One At A Time Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The CMMI Appraisal Waiting Game by Jeff D http://www.assess-it.com/2009/12/the-cmmi-appraisal-waiting-game/#comment-507 Jeff D Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:46 +0000 http://www.dagreer.com/?p=15#comment-507 Royce did say that, but I think this myth has been exaggerated. Projects were using "waterfall" for decades (or centuries) before he said it. He is often credited with "coming up with waterfall" as a joke and example of how not conduct software projects. That's not accurate. He didn't come up with it - although he clearly did not like it! Interestingly, early ENIAC development was more "agile" although the concept was unknown at the time. It was because real scientists were programmers then and that's just the way they worked. Truth is, there are MANY good examples of both agile and waterfall projects, and there are just as many bad ones. Use the right tool for the job - one isn't better than the other. Royce did say that, but I think this myth has been exaggerated. Projects were using “waterfall” for decades (or centuries) before he said it. He is often credited with “coming up with waterfall” as a joke and example of how not conduct software projects. That’s not accurate. He didn’t come up with it – although he clearly did not like it! Interestingly, early ENIAC development was more “agile” although the concept was unknown at the time. It was because real scientists were programmers then and that’s just the way they worked. Truth is, there are MANY good examples of both agile and waterfall projects, and there are just as many bad ones.

Use the right tool for the job – one isn’t better than the other.

]]> Comment on Certified Scrum Master Training by Jeff D http://www.assess-it.com/2010/12/certified-scrum-master-training/#comment-506 Jeff D Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:55:54 +0000 http://www.assess-it.com/?p=230#comment-506 David, I attended Chris' class last year also and it has influenced my teaching style dramatically. He's a great guy and an excellent teacher and coach. I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to learn about collaboration, scrum, and teaming. David,

I attended Chris’ class last year also and it has influenced my teaching style dramatically. He’s a great guy and an excellent teacher and coach. I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to learn about collaboration, scrum, and teaming.

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]]> Comment on The CMMI Appraisal Waiting Game by David http://www.assess-it.com/2009/12/the-cmmi-appraisal-waiting-game/#comment-14 David Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:47:13 +0000 http://www.dagreer.com/?p=15#comment-14 Don't forget, when Royce presented "Waterfall" in 1970, in his presentation he did say, that of course no one would really develop software that way. People just didn't hear that part. Don’t forget, when Royce presented “Waterfall” in 1970, in his presentation he did say, that of course no one would really develop software that way. People just didn’t hear that part.

]]> Comment on The CMMI Appraisal Waiting Game by Thomas http://www.assess-it.com/2009/12/the-cmmi-appraisal-waiting-game/#comment-4 Thomas Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:33:24 +0000 http://www.dagreer.com/?p=15#comment-4 Having worked under all of these paradigms, I can tell you I positively hate waterfall if you can't dial back the process to a rational level. I've been on some projects that were in the hundreds of man hours that required the same level of documentation, artifacts, etc as projects of 10s of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of hours. Having worked under all of these paradigms, I can tell you I positively hate waterfall if you can't dial back the process to a rational level. I've been on some projects that were in the hundreds of man hours that required the same level of documentation, artifacts, etc as projects of 10s of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of hours.

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