Comments on: Customers should care if you are agile http://simon-says-architecture.com/2010/02/15/customers-should-care-if-you-are-agile/ Szymon Pobiega about software engineering and architecture Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pawel Brodzinski http://simon-says-architecture.com/2010/02/15/customers-should-care-if-you-are-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Pawel Brodzinski Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:16:50 +0000 http://simon-says-architecture.com/?p=415#comment-645 They don't care as much as you'd like them to - that's true. But that doesn't matter there are no companies which want to work with good engineering teams. But I wouldn't mix it much with this or that methodology. If I were looking for a team for a startup project I'd look for good engineers. I wouldn't care whether they employ lean, agile or waterfall as long as they'd be able to deliver what I expect and these results would be high-quality. And that's exactly the niche for good craftsmen. Find clients like these and it will be win-win. They don’t care as much as you’d like them to – that’s true. But that doesn’t matter there are no companies which want to work with good engineering teams. But I wouldn’t mix it much with this or that methodology.

If I were looking for a team for a startup project I’d look for good engineers. I wouldn’t care whether they employ lean, agile or waterfall as long as they’d be able to deliver what I expect and these results would be high-quality.

And that’s exactly the niche for good craftsmen. Find clients like these and it will be win-win.

]]> By: Szymon Pobiega http://simon-says-architecture.com/2010/02/15/customers-should-care-if-you-are-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Szymon Pobiega Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:23:13 +0000 http://simon-says-architecture.com/?p=415#comment-642 Sounds very optimistic what you say. I was under the impression that it's partially customers' 'fault' (they don't care as much as I would like them to) that it seems to me so hard to do agile in Poland. Or any other defined methodology. Sounds very optimistic what you say. I was under the impression that it’s partially customers’ ‘fault’ (they don’t care as much as I would like them to) that it seems to me so hard to do agile in Poland. Or any other defined methodology.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://simon-says-architecture.com/2010/02/15/customers-should-care-if-you-are-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Pawel Brodzinski Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:33:14 +0000 http://simon-says-architecture.com/?p=415#comment-641 I'll keep my position when it comes to decide whether customers should care what methodology you use. Anyway you raise one interesting point - uphill battle of small companies trying to deliver quality results focusing of software craftsmanship. I don't say this is an easy battle but definitely not loosing one. If you happen to meet customer who is aware of different software development/project management methodologies and wants to know how the vendor works they will likely choose one of these small shops. Why? You already gave the answer: no bullshit (or significantly smaller chances to get some). I’ll keep my position when it comes to decide whether customers should care what methodology you use.

Anyway you raise one interesting point – uphill battle of small companies trying to deliver quality results focusing of software craftsmanship. I don’t say this is an easy battle but definitely not loosing one. If you happen to meet customer who is aware of different software development/project management methodologies and wants to know how the vendor works they will likely choose one of these small shops. Why? You already gave the answer: no bullshit (or significantly smaller chances to get some).

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