[glenbo]

Pretty spot on, I think.

The most problematic part of SCRUM (and the first thing to start killing productivity) are the interminable meetings it facilitates. The SCRUM master is constantly trying to gauge scope on this or that feature, and everyone feels like they need to bring up what they've been working on during the standup in order to feel like they're not appearing to be slacking off.

I've abandoned SCRUM in favor for a Kanban approach that puts the onus on the Product Owner to manage and estimate scope and deadlines, thereby leaving us developers alone to focus on our work.

I've written more about my approach here: https://medium.com/@glenelkins/agile-is-good-for-managers-bu...

[cozuya]

Its your prerogative of course but peppering your blog posts with stale meme gif after gif is an easy way to get me to not read your content. I don't understand this trend at all for talking about a professional concept. What you did this weekend, sure, but this?

[glenbo]

Know your audience, I guess. I enjoy gifs, and enjoy getting a sense of the author's personality when I read an article. I don't think I've ever bounced from an interesting article because of a handful of cheerful gifs, but hey, that's just me.

To each his/her own I say.