Scrum, XP, Management and the Ethics of Agile Software Development

The Opposite of Agile

NYC settle a lawsuit to compensate poor families for food stamps they were denied by mistake beginning in 1999…

…as many as 34,000 families could have been affected, with the settlement ranging from $8 million to $71 million depending on how many people were involved. The city has said that it corrected the computer problem several years ago — NY Times

  • Make mistake effecting food for poor families.
  • Correct mistake approx. 5 years later.
  • Acknowledge mistake 8 years later.
  • Blame others but retain liability.

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ken h. judyExecutive manager, software developer, father and husband trying to do more good than harm.
Agile is about the material and human good we create when we respect our co-workers, tell truth to our employers, strive to improve, and care for the people affected by the software we help build.
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