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Re^2: Some reflections on the Brainbench Perl Test
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 15, 2008 at 00:50 UTC
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{Waving-fingers open-quote}Agility{Waving-fingers close-quote} is a myth. Just another meaningless statistics based, silver-bullet "paradigm".
And given 5 or 10 years, you'll realise that too.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Agility is a myth.
In that case, how can anyone argue with such a well-defended and diligently researched assertion as that?
Tuesday will be the 24th stable monthly release of Parrot in a row. We don't score 100% on that quiz, but I'm happy to compare our score now versus three years ago and put that up against your "evidence" any day.
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Tuesday will be the 24th stable monthly release of Parrot in a row.
If your goal is releasing once a month, that is a fine record.
Please note. I have absolutely no qualms in saying that you joining/leading the Parrot project not just made it better, but saved it.
But I strongly suspect that a knowledgable, labels-shy observer with a good view of the project, and a good knowledge of you, would attribute the good and steady progress it has made since your involvement, down to your personality and drive and programming skills; not the currently trendy label, set of checklists or headline statistics for what at its crux, amounts to no more than having a well-thought through set of development procedures. And using them.
Getting back to that quoted statistic. I'm too far away to know, but you might like to consider, how much time & effort (yours and others) is expended on a monthly basis producing those monthly releases--and keeping up with (downloading, exploring, familiarising, etc) them?
And would the project be enhanced or diminished had 50% of that effort been expended on actual development, by having bi-monthly releases instead?
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Re-read those questions and adjust them (to remove the "agility paradigm" bias), for (your perception of) a well-run, tight-knit, mature development shop using any particular development methodology (set of established and proven working practices), and, if you can get them too waste their time answering those questions, they'll likely score highly.
The primary goal of any development procedure: is having one.
The (slightly) secondary goal: is using it.
The tertiary (but still of Xtreme importance): is that methodology does not consume an overly substantial part of your budget, at the expense of your primary goal.
When the process outwieghts the product, you are measuring the wrong statistics.
There is no substitute for competent (not gifted or clever) programmers, who work hard, to achieve the primary goal.
Experts in secondary goals seek only to emphasis their expertise, and maximise their value, even to the deteriment of that primary goal: achieving a working solution to the primary problem description.
When the process become more important than than the goal--all is lost.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Re^2: Some reflections on the Brainbench Perl Test
by Jenda (Abbot) on Dec 15, 2008 at 00:36 UTC
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