Comment by consp
1 day ago
> Every time someone on HN complains about agile the typical response is that "they weren't doing agile correctly".
No true Scotsman would ever ...
1 day ago
> Every time someone on HN complains about agile the typical response is that "they weren't doing agile correctly".
No true Scotsman would ever ...
The agile methodologies are built around adaptive and corrective iterations of work. If an org is not adapting process, if they are not correcting process issues, they are by definition ‘not doing it right’ because they are fundamentally doing something else.
Agile can/should/must (d)evolve into waterfall in all but name if that’s the local optimum. The agile methodologies response to problems is to solve those issues through frequent iterative localized change. Failing to apply a methodology isn’t a methodological failure, per se.
Business process mislabelling and misdirected frustration about lacking management are not examples of the No True Scotsman fallacy.
Frenchmen are not Scotsmen. Not False Scotsmen nor True Scotsmen. They have a different name for a reason. No matter how many tourists confuse the flags or culture, by definition they are separate and distinct. France and Scotland are literally on different pages in the books.
It is no coincidence there is a ‘typical response’ around this that has not changed for decades. Typical responses are the MBA version of RTFM.