Erik meijer s latest diatribe against agile puts him firmly in the second group. Jan 08, 2015 comment a couple of months back, dutch computer scientist erik meijer gave an outspoken and distinctly antiagile talk at the reaktor dev day in finland. Erik meijer manager ticketing conversion specialist. Before that, he was an associate professor at utrecht university. One of the tenets of the agile manifesto is responding to change over following a plan and that is because the requirements do change whether the business likes it or not. Unfortunately, most of people didnt understand this talk. At the reaktor dev day in finland, computer scientist erik meijer told the crowd, agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry. His opening keynote has a rather wild yet empowering message. Erik meijers latest diatribe against agile puts him firmly in the second group. Erik meijer and bertrand meyer objects, contracts, concurrency, sleeping barbers. Ive seen agile methods be most effective at companies where software developers are a minority. Agile must be destroyed, once and for all erik meijer. May 10, 2017 the soft side of software businessmanagement pdf may 10, 2017 volume 15, issue 2 the soft side of software conversations with technology leaders. Its funny because throughout the talk erik confuses agile with scrum and tdd.
Sharp words with microsofts erik meijer visual studio. Erik meijer teamlead application management flynth. Sep 09, 2019 erik meijer says that managers should be more like beekeepers. I also happen to be a fan of the zbgureshpxre movement he promotes. The architect for the microsoft sql server group is interviewed about the various research sharp languages and their impact on future software development and programming. Why scrum sucks, and what you ought to be doing instead florian haas openstack day israel 2016. In recent years, agile software development has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity, but now some developers have begun criticizing the methodology. Oct 21, 2015 erik meijer founder at applied duality, inc. The first, people who have no clue about software, is still the larger group. Ieee article page here may require membership or purchase. They should make sure that the bees are happy and they are producing the right kind of honey. Erik meijer born 18 april 1963, curacao is a dutch computer scientist, entrepreneur, and tiedye enthusiast. Jun, 2014 erik meijer is actually one of the main guys responsible for the popularization of reactive programming with his rx extensions for.
Dave thomas was one of the creators of the agile manifesto. The real secret to developing a good software cycle is to slowly build a great team and fire people who dont contributedisrupt the team. The lecture schedule has now been posted for the 2019 laser summer school on artificial intelligence, machine learning and software engineering. I really liked this talk, because it made me thinkactually even until today i didnt figure out everything erik meant. In a complex software project there are usually quite a lot of people doing a lot of. The speakers are shai bendavid waterloo, lionel briand.
I just watched this entertaining talk by erik meijer. Net, made an interesting case against the agile cancer at the. Jan 09, 2015 a couple of months back, dutch computer scientist erik meijer gave an outspoken and distinctly antiagile talk at the reaktor dev day in finland. Comment a couple of months back, dutch computer scientist erik meijer gave an outspoken and distinctly antiagile talk at the reaktor dev day in finland. An assessment of agile methods, based on my book agile. Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry, said meijer. Erik meijer, gave a funny presentation and said plenty of things that i agree. The anti agile people get annoyed at something like religious demands for 100% unit test coverage, so they instead adopt their own extreme, narrowly focused rules like refusing all tdd.
She has extensive experience building and managing highperformance teams, and considers herself a fan of agile development practices and the lean startup movement. Meijer stood up in front of the crowd at reaktordevday. Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry, we are developers. If agile is a ragtag bunch of freedom fighters pressing for a better, more streamlined world of management, then dutch computer scientist erik meijer would be the malevolent oppressor seeking to.
Agile must be destroyed, once and for all the register. Whatever your views on agile, erik is the man behind bringing fp concepts such as monads into the mainstream in the form of linq and more recently rx to. Its probably a fair assumption that he knows more about this topic than most people. Then a fellow by the name of erik meijer gets in front of an audience and talks about an alternative to agile software development. This makes communication easier, but it also introduces a problem. I realise this doesnt have much to do with the discussion, but whatever, thanks erik. This is why software is such a struggle and project failure rates are high. One hacker way erik meijer erik meijer born 18 april 1963, curacao is a dutch computer scientist and entrepreneur. She is currently founding her own startup, popforms, but has held roles as developer, project manager, product manager, and people manager at great companies including amazon and. Erik meijer says that managers should be more like beekeepers. Mar 16, 2015 erik meijers latest diatribe against agile puts him firmly in the second group. The traditional model for software development is the waterfall approach, where development flows downward like a waterfall through six phases. The time has come to destroy agile i still remember my first talk on agile it was inspiration for this site in the first place. Flavia paganelli tells the story of 30mhzs platform developed for the agriculture sector and how they ended up helping growers in.
Sprints are utterly ridiculous ways to produce software, he says, referring to the shortterm targets which form part of scrum methodology. One hacker way, a rational alternative to agile presented at reaktor dev day 2014 erik meijer software eatingworld. In the discussion, which is very confrontational and funny he argues that agile is not effective because we talk about code instead of writing it. Now that youve got our attention, do tell us what the big.
We all know what interruption means for programmer. It discusses, beyond the hype, the benefits and dangers of agile. In a talk at reaktor dev day in finland, meijer called agile a cancer that we have to eliminate. The agile development is a cancer c mechanics of software. One hacker way rational alternative of agile erik meijer. Which definitely makes sense, keeping in mind that agile was created for large organizations.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover eriks. Alright, erik meijer, you certainly know how to start a good rant. Alternatively or additionally, we could obscure every design decision in a mess of deeply nested abstractions using the latest objectoriented programming and generic programming tricks. Why erik meijer is wrong and scrum is bad cutehacks. From 2000 to early 20 he was a software architect for microsoft where he headed the cloud. Jafar husain rx and netflix, a match made in composable asynchrony. Agile is a methodology to mimic what a good team does, but if you dont have a solid core of experienced, professional developers its just a sort of cargo cult. Agile is a methodology to mimic what a good team does, but if you. The problem with software engineering isnt just the fact that it is a young discipline, but also business hasnt quite figured out how do software effectively.
The 12 daily principles of agile software development. I mean, this is the guy who gave us linq, so, no dummy, right. Instead of talking about code, meijer thinks that we should go the. Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry indeed, agile is not the cause of problems in the industry but only the result of inadequate attempts to resolve them in a blunt manner. Comment a couple of months back, dutch computer scientist erik meijer gave an outspoken and distinctly antiagile talk at the reaktor dev day. The second though is experienced programmers so focussed on programming they cant see the world around them. Erik meijer on xtreme programing and agile xah lee.
Erik meijer is a dutch computer scientist and entrepreneur. The architect for the microsoft sql server group is interviewed about the various research sharp languages and their impact on future software. One hacker way rational alternative of agile erik meijer youtube. In 2014, internets went loud after erik meijers talk one hacker way. Erik meijer delivery manager fruition partners northern. As an alternative erik meijer talks about the hacker way, which actually encourages the.
Recently, i read erik meijers rant wherein he compares the agile movement to a cancer that needs to be eliminated with immediate effect. Agile is a cancer that we need to eliminate from the industry. He comes down especially hard on two of the best practices propounded by the agile community stand up meetings and test driven development. One hacker way, a rational alternative to agile presented at reaktor dev day 2014. I mean, out of the box, skyrockets in flight, is it a bird or a plane, brilliant. Your mouse is a database web and mobile applications are increasingly composed of asynchronous and realtime streaming services and push notifications. The speakers are shai bendavid waterloo, lionel briand luxembourg, pascal fua epfl, erik meijer facebook, tim menzies nc state and i. Recently, i read erik meijer s rant wherein he compares the agile movement to a cancer that needs to be eliminated with immediate effect. In meijers view, processes, such as scrum or agile, are really a way to take low educated employees under control so their product is still. If agile is a ragtag bunch of freedom fighters pressing for a better, more streamlined world of management, then dutch computer scientist erik meijer would be the malevolent oppressor seeking to eradicate it. Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry.
Jan 08, 2015 in recent years, agile software development has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity, but now some developers have begun criticizing the methodology. Erik meijer great engineers are able to maximize their mental power. He comes down especially hard on two of the best practices. Why scrum sucks, and what you ought to be doing instead florian haas openstack day israel 2016 duration. Improving enterprise agility via a lean lens session 2735 sdlc methodologies waterfall, agile, scrum, etc. Meijer certainly isnt the first person to rant about inefficiency of agile.
The agile prepcast free lesson lean software development andrea darabos workshop. Erik meijer is actually one of the main guys responsible for the popularization of reactive programming with his rx extensions for. Since its introduction in 2001, the methodology has been criticised as being stubbornly rigid, inefficient and a management fad. Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the.
The soft side of software businessmanagement pdf may 10, 2017 volume 15, issue 2 the soft side of software conversations with technology leaders. Among the hottest buzzwords in the it industry these days is big data, but the big is something of a misnomer. View erik meijers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. From 2000 to early 20 he was a software architect for microsoft where he headed the cloud programmability team. Using common sense with your project management the. Using common sense with your project management the startup. Erik meijer born 18 april 1963, curacao is a dutch computer scientist and entrepreneur.
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