[wballard]

Interesting points, but I feel that the root cause of these process debates is one un-natural act: estimation. Personal opinion is that far too much energy is put into processes to generate predictability, which is only practical when you have done it before, repeatedly.

All this focus on estimation, points, timing -- it just doesn't create what is needed to both do a great job and go fast: clarity.

This is why I don't run my shop with deadlines. I have no experience that deadlines/sprints/iterations make things faster, or create better ideas -- the things I'm actually interested in.