We are going Agile! Pull down the cabins and walls!
When you see familiar office layouts,
But you don‘t remember where they‘re from,
Could you be wrong?
When you‘ve been particular offices,
That you know you‘ve never been before,
Can you be sure?
‘Cause you know you have seen this before,
And you know that this moment in time is for real,
And you know when you feel Deja vu.
Chorus:
Feel like I‘ve heard this before,
Feel like I‘ve seen this before.
Ever had a conversation,
That you realise you‘ve had before,
Isn‘t it strange?
Have you ever talked to someone,
And you feel you know what‘s coming next?
It feels pre-arranged.
‘Cause you know that you‘ve heard it before,
And you feel that this moment in time is surreal,
‘Cause you know when you feel deja-vu.
It‘s real, but unfortunate that some software companies are using Agile as a way to micro control their employees. In the name of Agile, some companies are doing the following:
1. Pulling down the cabins : Goodbye to all your personal phone conversations, emails and IM chats. Managers can see who is doing what and really scrutinize them. Whatever happened to breaking all barriers to communication? Though I‘m not a fan of spending time on personal stuff during work hours, the concept of pulling down the cabins in Agile is not to eat into your privacy.
2. Having more and more meetings : Goodbye to all your productive time and optimizing wastage.
3. Adding more and more managers : Whatever happened to making life simple and easy?
4. Trying to scale projects at an insane rate : Always reminds of the classical Mythical man month. If 9 ladies cannot deliver a baby in 1 month, 10 will surely not.
The list can go on…but I need to go and do some real work…
- : The above lyrics are copied and edited from Iron Maiden‘s Deja vu song.
