Comments on: Is agile development a religion? http://blog.agilephp.com/2009/03/12/is-agile-development-a-religion/ Dagfinn Reiersøl on PHP, agile development, Ruby and other addictive substances Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dagfinn http://blog.agilephp.com/2009/03/12/is-agile-development-a-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-259 dagfinn Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:04:46 +0000 http://blog.agilephp.com/?p=1499#comment-259 I agree. Of course, there language wars, editor wars and all that. And the wars are often based in ignorance about the tools the particular warriors zealots are not using. They often just assume that what they haven't heard of doesn't exist. I particularly remember one ardent Microsoft hater I knew many years age who, on seeing a PowerPoint example, exclaimed "oh, can you do that with PowerPoint?" Not that I particularly love Microsoft Office, but what's the point of bashing a piece of software when you don't even know what it's capable of? I agree. Of course, there language wars, editor wars and all that. And the wars are often based in ignorance about the tools the particular warriors zealots are not using. They often just assume that what they haven’t heard of doesn’t exist. I particularly remember one ardent Microsoft hater I knew many years age who, on seeing a PowerPoint example, exclaimed “oh, can you do that with PowerPoint?” Not that I particularly love Microsoft Office, but what’s the point of bashing a piece of software when you don’t even know what it’s capable of?

]]> By: Bill Karwin http://blog.agilephp.com/2009/03/12/is-agile-development-a-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Bill Karwin Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:43:19 +0000 http://blog.agilephp.com/?p=1499#comment-258 I use the term "fanatic" for someone who is very enthusiastic about their favored subject. But one can be a fanatic about Agile Development without demanding that everyone else adopt it. I use the term "zealot" for someone who can't abide people who don't share their fanaticism. They are compelled to advocate for their favored subject, and try to "convert" anyone who will listen (and some others besides). I've known zealots for Eclipse, for Agile Development, for Ruby on Rails, for Cloud Computing, etc. Oddly, some of the people who are the strongest zealots for some specific tool or method still can't write good software. I use the term “fanatic” for someone who is very enthusiastic about their favored subject. But one can be a fanatic about Agile Development without demanding that everyone else adopt it.

I use the term “zealot” for someone who can’t abide people who don’t share their fanaticism. They are compelled to advocate for their favored subject, and try to “convert” anyone who will listen (and some others besides).

I’ve known zealots for Eclipse, for Agile Development, for Ruby on Rails, for Cloud Computing, etc. Oddly, some of the people who are the strongest zealots for some specific tool or method still can’t write good software.

]]> By: Pádraic Brady http://blog.agilephp.com/2009/03/12/is-agile-development-a-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Pádraic Brady Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:59:12 +0000 http://blog.agilephp.com/?p=1499#comment-257 You probably know my take already - I'm a zealot ;). But practically any Agile related post I make always states there is no one true path. There is always room for manouvering, borrowing, adapting and even outright rejecting from any body of knowledge. Some stuff works, other stuff fails - every project, web shop and individual is different with varying needs. Criticism is valuable when it critiques - not when it's an accusatory rant that doesn't add to the debate. You probably know my take already – I’m a zealot ;) . But practically any Agile related post I make always states there is no one true path. There is always room for manouvering, borrowing, adapting and even outright rejecting from any body of knowledge. Some stuff works, other stuff fails – every project, web shop and individual is different with varying needs. Criticism is valuable when it critiques – not when it’s an accusatory rant that doesn’t add to the debate.

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