Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Paradise Found?

So what is Agile?

At first glance the Agile Manifesto looks like something a bunch of developers came up with after sampling the wrong Kool Aid and discovering the Mommas and the Poppas in their parents record collection, a weird IT version of Das Kapital, power to the developers, transparent management, peace love and mung beans.

What it actually tries to do is put the power and responsibility into the hands of those who are best capable of wielding it and those who are accountable respectively, to remove the traditional blame storm that comes at the end of a project when the Sponsor blames the developers for building the wrong thing and the developers the Sponsor for telling them to.

Generally the fatal error made by all Project Owners is they say what they want you to do not what they are trying to achieve which inevitably leads to project failure as the developers do exactly what they are told not what they know they should. As a developer and project manager I've lost count of the number of times I've said or heard someone in a development team say "Tell us the problem you're trying to solve, not what you want us to do!".

The point of Agile is to go with short sharp iterations that allow you to change direction quickly and easily to get around unforeseen issues. No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy so the best way to deal with that is to be able to change your plan at short notice and allow the people on the ground to decide how best to get around an obstacle. By allowing the right people to make decisions to reach an outcome rather than defining the steps to get there up front, you get the right solution and this is what Agile allows you to do

So we all started using Agile and lived happily ever after.

Unfortunately it's not that simple...

1 comment:

  1. Hi,
    I Took Onglyza off and on for a year. I have an enlarged adrenal gland. Still I await the outcome of that CT, but I know that much. Will find out more.
    I had the CT because of chronic pancreatic pain that started out as "attacks" from a couple of times a month to finally after 3 months of use without interruption, "attacks" 2-3 times a week. My PA put Onglyza on my allergies list.
    In the meantime, I lost almost 50 lbs in 5 months due to illness. Loss of appetite, pancreatic pain, chronic diarrhea, then eventually, inability to move my bowels. Severe back pain from the pancreas, and severe chest pain sent me to the ER where I was worked up for cardiac pain. I was cardiac cleared, but told my amylase was very low.
    Still seeking a diagnosis, but I lay the blame squarely on Onglyza. I'd had pancreatic issues in the past, and argued with the PA that prescribed it, she was calling me non-compliant, and I feared repercussions from my insurance company.
    I even took an article about the dangers of Onglyza, particularly in patients with a history, and she made me feel foolish.
    I wish I had listened to my instincts, I fear not only damage to my pancreas that is irreversible, but also severe damage to my left kidney, though I have bilateral kidney pain.
    I was off all diabetes meds, and controlled sugars strictly low to no carb. I can barely eat anymore, I have severe anorexia.
    I would warn anyone taking Onglyza to consider a change and try Dr Itua Herbal Medicine, and anyone considering taking it, to select a different avenue. I have been suffering severely for about 9 months, but the past 7 months have been good with the help of Dr Itua herbal medicine which I took for 4 weeks.
    I have been off Onglyza now, for 7 months, and simply 100% improved with the help of Dr Itua. I had none of these issues except a history of pancreatitis in my distant past.
    I will recommend anyone here with health problems to contact Dr Itua on drituaherbalcenter@gmail.com and website www.drituaherbalcenter.com also he ccure the following disease with his herbal medicines Hiv/Aids,Herpes,Copd, Glaucoma, Cataracts,Macular degeneration,Cardiovascular disease,Lung disease, Enlarged prostate, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia. Fibroid,Diabete, Multiple Sclerosis, Hypertension,Fibromyalgia,Hiv, Hepatitis B, Liver/Kidney Inflammatory,parkinson,cancer,als.

    ReplyDelete