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A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist

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Re: A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist

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Post by fundabulousrIII »

How about fuck this paradigm?

Scrum = Shite verbosity about agile process and training for mgmt larva. Agile = Hyperbole. AWS = I don't know better and my developers are < 35 years old or on the make (+ stock). My customers are just stupid. Security = big $$, modest skills, certs for the neglected comptia and northcut industures. I'm a CEH!! So is every script kiddie on the internet. tester: can't write working code, useless to the degree that you come in when they need you to justify junit crap numbers you generated when drunk. This will scale if 12 coors == 12 saudi virgins. analyst: I'm an experienced tester. tech lead: best resume and best bully of the bunch. I can understand stack exchange! QA: I like your doxygen docs and the test numbers but I have a problem with connecting to server(x) at ip(x) from greenland at 2pm on a sunday. Any ideas? team: Bunch of backstabbing co-moderators.

Re: A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist

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Post by josephearl »

fundabulousrIII wrote: post #41

How about fuck this paradigm? Scrum = Shite verbosity about agile process and training for mgmt larva. Agile = Hyperbole. AWS = I don't know better and my developers are < 35 years old or on the make (+ stock). My customers are just stupid. Security = big $$, modest skills, certs for the neglected comptia and northcut industures. I'm a CEH!! So is every script kiddie on the internet. tester: can't write working code,…

What paradigm? This just seems like a rant rather than adding any real discussion

Re: A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist

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Post by fundabulousrIII »

josephearl wrote: post #42
fundabulousrIII wrote: post #41

How about fuck this paradigm? Scrum = Shite verbosity about agile process and training for mgmt larva. Agile = Hyperbole. AWS = I don't know better and my developers are < 35 years old or on the make (+ stock). My customers are just stupid. Security = big $$, modest skills, certs for the neglected comptia and northcut industures. I'm a CEH!! So is every script kiddie on the internet. tester: can't write working code,…

What paradigm? This just seems like a rant rather than adding any real discussion

It is a rant and an attempt to be somewhat humorous to point out the problems and assumptions in modern 'agility'.

Re: A Tech Lead’s New Project Checklist

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Post by lstamour »

lstamour wrote: post #23
maxxxxx wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would add "Make sure every stakeholder has the same idea what the project will be". I have seen a lot of projects where once you talk to all stakeholders it becomes pretty clear that there is no shared understanding of what we are trying to achieve. Especially be wary of senior managers injecting their pet ideas.

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fz-AowdiL8 - a 1 hr webinar from the folks behind Microsoft Press' recent Software Requirements books (Seilevel) on how to document these requirements and make sure folks are on the same page.

Actually, I meant to link to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eYb53GvnSdQ which in a similar presentation covers a few more of the diagrams in a faster pace.
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