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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Agile Methodologies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've worked for some major corporations, in Des Moines, IA, that will openly blurt out words like &quot;Wagile&quot;; I generally feel embarrassed for them and they are generally unaware of the gaffe.On the last contract I held, I read the test &quot;strategy&quot; (another contrived term) and it didn't mention Unit Testing - at all. When I asked who would be handling the first phase of testing, the manager said &quot;We don't do Unit Testing&quot; and looked at me, like I was crazy.The real problem is leadership. In the larger organizations, people that have spent 20 years in a business work their way up through the ranks learning &quot;The XYZ Way&quot; (replace XYZ with your company's name) and they are never given or pursue a formal education in technology. Most of these people are approaching their 40's or 50's and have no intention of attending night classes.Like it or not, there are Comp-Sci programs for a reason; mostly because there is a method to all this madness. These people should be re-purposed to (business) Subject Matter Experts or let go entirely in favor of people that truly understand the full SDLC. Dead-wood, in technology terms, just burns budget dollars.But the real problem is, these people attend local tech meetings and interact, spreading these harmful practices like a virus.]]></description>
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