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Discussion on: S2:E1 - How to Build Good Habits and be More Productive

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Steve VanSickle • Edited

It's a little nicer to listen to this episode, after some time to heal. A number of years ago, I worked for a LARGE company that demanded that our team use every single practice in The Agile Methodology, and that we had to be "AGILE" in a ruthlessly waterfall corporation. They actually hired Thoughtworks to teach us Agile over the course of several days, and it wasn't until the end that the devs explained the impossible situations we were put in (the PMs weren't allowed to confirm/deny). So, the last half-day of training, Thoughtworks tried a brainstorming session with the devs to see how we could do...anything in an agile way with what the company was demanding of us.