Comments on: The Agile Process: What my 3 year old taught me http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/ Rants on GIS, .NET, and life in general Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nick Armstrong http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-227 Nick Armstrong Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:50:59 +0000 http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-227 This is a great article. I think Agile practices apply to management in general just as well as project management. The biggest thing that causes Gen-Y grief (on both sides of the battle) is the "there is only ONE set of rules!" idea. Millennials will seek out hypocritical behavior like a military-trained hamster seeks out landmines. But, millennials also tend to hold non-traditional hours which can cause all sorts of ruckus. All of your points are spot-on. Creative types especially love the esoteric solutions which, more often than not, are squashed by more logical left-brainers. I do, however, insist on placing "const int probabilityProgramWillEvolveIntoSkynet = 0;" and "const bool humansAreFriends = true;" into every program I write. Assigned but never used... yet. -Nick Armstrong PsychoticResumes.com This is a great article.

I think Agile practices apply to management in general just as well as project management.

The biggest thing that causes Gen-Y grief (on both sides of the battle) is the “there is only ONE set of rules!” idea. Millennials will seek out hypocritical behavior like a military-trained hamster seeks out landmines. But, millennials also tend to hold non-traditional hours which can cause all sorts of ruckus.

All of your points are spot-on.

Creative types especially love the esoteric solutions which, more often than not, are squashed by more logical left-brainers. I do, however, insist on placing
“const int probabilityProgramWillEvolveIntoSkynet = 0;” and “const bool humansAreFriends = true;” into every program I write.

Assigned but never used… yet.

-Nick Armstrong
PsychoticResumes.com

]]> By: Justin http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-224 Justin Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:59:24 +0000 http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-224 Great post, Trying to get some management folks at work to read it. Great post,

Trying to get some management folks at work to read it.

]]> By: Rob http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-221 Rob Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:36:11 +0000 http://briannoyle.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-agile-process-what-my-3-year-old-taught-me/#comment-221 Nice write up! Nice write up!

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