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Should We Sing the Praises of Agile, or Bury It?
"Stakeholders must be included" throughout an agile project "to ensure the evolving deliverables meet their expectations," according to an article this week in Communications of the ACM. But long-time Slashdot reader theodp complains it's a "gushing how-to-make-Agile-even-better opinion piece." L...
" Stakeholders must be included" throughout an agile project"to ensure the evolving deliverables meet their expectations," according to an article this week in Communications of the ACM.But long-time Slashdot reader theodp complains it's a "gushing how-to-make-Agile-even-better opinion piece." Indeed, among the three examples of success offered in the piece to "highlight the effectiveness of agile methods in navigating complex stakeholder dynamics and achieving project success" is Atlassian's use of agile practices to market and develop its products, many of which are coincidentally designed to support Agile practices and teams (including Jira). Citing "recent studies," the piece concludes its call for stakeholder engagement by noting that "59% of organizations measure Agile success by customer or user satisfaction."
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