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Microsoft Lauds Scrum

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sounds-like-fightin-words-to-me dept.

under_score writes "According to eWeek.com Microsoft is adopting the agile methodology called Scrum to get software built faster. Is it working? They seem to be claiming that Scrum and Extreme Programming have helped them get recent releases such as SQLServer out the door faster with better quality. Many other large organizations are also adopting agile methods including Yahoo, and Google. Are agile methods the next big thing in software development?"

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  1. Of course... by Keamos · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of course they're the big new thing in software--what isn't good about it for multi-billion dollar corporations? Faster to market, cheaper to make; of course everyone is doing it, until someone finds a huge flaw in how they do it and everyone is just like... "Oh...shit, oops?" and then they'll just find another method to quickly get beta-quality software to market to make big profits.

  2. they almost get it! by twitter · · Score: -1, Troll
    from the fine article:

    "The other is extreme programming-the concept where you might have two people working on a given piece of code and the idea is that two minds are better than one. Because you can find problems faster."

    Treadwell said many teams within Microsoft rely on Scrum as a way to turn out quality software on time and in tune with user requirements.

    and gentle reader, blowdart, notices The SQL Server product that's very late and has had to have features disabled.

    Golly, Mr. Treadwell, just imagine if it were free software. Many eyes, shallow bugs, contributions from the user base, on and on. Oh yeah, that free stuff is why you have "extreme" programming methods and so much sweat. You will get there soon enough.

    All laud the geniouses at Microsoft. One day, the great one at the top will get it and all will get it. Then, they might catch up and be useful again.

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  3. Re:A good example? by ArsenneLupin · · Score: -1, Troll
    The SQL Server product that's very late and has had to have features disabled.

    ... the SQL Server product that's still riddled with security holes so enormous that you could ram a telegraph pole through?

    Seriously guys, what is the use of allowing a script to submit two separate SQL statements in one batch?

  4. MOD PARENT UP ! by pardonne · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mod it up.

  5. Re:So let's get this straight by NetRAVEN5000 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Almost no software is bug-free. It's just that MS software has more bugs than most other software companies.

    And correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the iBook's logic board problems more the fault of the company that actually made the logic board? Sure, Apple makes the iBook but they use other companies' parts - they'd have to be insane to build their own processors or GPUs when there are already plenty of great ones out on the market.

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