{"id":8586,"date":"2018-08-02T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8586"},"modified":"2018-06-06T07:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:09:43","slug":"software-when-agile-methodology-goes-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/software-when-agile-methodology-goes-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Software: When Agile Methodology Goes Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/organization\/our-insights\/the-organization-blog\/the-drawbacks-of-agility\">A recent article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karinahlback\/\">Karin Ahlb\u00e4ck<\/a>, engagement manager at McKinsey, was titled &#8220;The Drawbacks of Agility.&#8221;\u00a0 The article doesn&#8217;t really uncover problems with agility per se.\u00a0 Instead it notes that when agility is &#8220;misused&#8221; or not correctly implemented, &#8220;it can trigger disruption and productivity loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some things that\u00a0Ahlb\u00e4ck notes that might go wrong when businesses attempt to use agile methodology include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cookie cutting<\/strong>. Trying to copy or emulate an agile process implemented elsewhere or which was used on a different project often doesn&#8217;t work, especially when applied without a clear understanding of agile.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partial implementation<\/strong>. Failure to use agile across all the moving parts within a process won&#8217;t achieve full benefits of the approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Failure to measure<\/strong>. Agile, like anything else, can be improved by applying metrics and identifying what&#8217;s working and what isn&#8217;t.\u00a0 Just because an attempt at agile is implemented doesn&#8217;t mean that tuning of the approach isn&#8217;t possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features over quality<\/strong>.\u00a0 Again, another issue not really with agile but with setting priorities.\u00a0 To achieve quality, it&#8217;s important to not under prioritize rework and optimization tasks in favor of new features and development, otherwise quality will suffer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article concludes that agile is &#8220;not a silver bullet. 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