Stabby McStabPants

[drwex]

People who value process over product really bug me.

People who value process over people make me reach for the napalm.

(No, this isn't talking about any of you. I'm venting.)

Comments

[pygment]

So in the first statement it's the work that's more important than the outcome?

And the second it's the conversation that's more important than the people in the conversation?

I'm not sure I understand the latter. I can see a place for the first cause sometimes while you're processing, your end point, or goal can shift but... I'm not understanding.

[drwex]

No, it's in the first case it's the outcome that's more important. Where I ended up is more important than how I got here. Like, I don't care if you have the best route-following algorithm in the world - if you end up falling off a cliff that sucks.

In the second case, it's "why are you blindly following this series of steps without considering its impact on the people involved?" Like, (some people I won't mention) have a set of rules. Applying those rules over and over again without considering the individuals involved is awful.

[reedrover]

ARGH. I'm having this first argument with one of my programmers right now. She wants me to close every sprint with a build. That is actually not a requirement to close a sprint. A sprint is a unit of time. It is *supposed* to end with a product, but that is not a requirement. Hitting a time mark is the closure.

[drwex]

Yeah, this is why you have "done" criteria for every story in the sprint and you grade stories by whether or not they've passed those criteria.

[kimberlogic]

My beloved has been having that very experience at work for over a year and he's utterly fed up too.
*hugs*

[gingicat]

This could apply to the “least restrictive” IEP guideline as well.