Re: agility programming and DBA's?

From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:19:25 +1000
Message-ID: <4295DAED.4010802@iinet.net.au>

Thomas Day apparently said,on my timestamp of 26/05/2005 11:07 PM:

> It's the latest fad in management. Management loves it because they
> can be all "trendy" without really having to do the hard work of
> management.

Gawd save us from YAMF (Yet Another Management Fad)... :)

> It may sound pretty bad but actually it's very good for tackling huge
> amounts of well defined work.

IOW: completely and utterly inappropriate for the day-to-day grind of IT projects... But wanna bet it'll look darn good in the resume of said damager?

> So it depends on what sort of work you're looking at. Personally, I
> believe that it's a useful tool when used in the right circumstances.=20
> But if the circumstances change then I'd switch to a different tool.

Bingo.

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