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

[Kevin Smith]

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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