[teampractices] FYI: Article: Transcend the “Feature Factory”

[Erika Bjune]

> The article is tied to "modern agile", which seems to be a marketing
effort

Yup, that's Joshua Kerievsky's thing (see http://modernagile.org/)

I actually like a lot of what he has to say about the modern state of Agile
in general, but he does tend to be marketing-focused.

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Erika Bjune
Engineering Manager - Search Platform
Wikimedia Foundation

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Kevin Smith <ksmith at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I saw this article[1] the other day, titled *Transcend the “Feature
> Factory” Mindset Using Modern Agile and OKR*. Parts of it resonated with
> concerns I have heard here at the foundation. Notably the disconnect
> between being agile on the ground, but having high-level waterfall-style
> planning. I found this quote to be provocative:
>
> Using Agile development with waterfall goals turns teams into "feature
> factories" with no focus on delivering value.
>
> The article is tied to "modern agile", which seems to be a marketing
> effort I'm not thrilled about. But I like the idea of constantly delivering
> value, rather than just delivering "features" or "software". I'm also
> generally a fan of decentralization, and rapid experimentation and
> learning.
>
> [1] https://www.infoq.com/articles/transcend-factory-
> modern-agile?utm_source=infoqWeeklyNewsletter&utm_medium=WeeklyNL_
> EditorialContent_culture-methods&utm_campaign=
> 08292017news&utm_content=other
>
> Kevin Smith
> Engineering Program Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
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