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A Disaster of Quality

25 JAN 2011 | Posted in agile engineering techniques, agile methodology, Government, quality | Author Jason Smith | 1 Comment

I get to talk to organisations of all shapes and sizes about Agile methods and the key message I hear, especially in the public sector, is that Agile is about applying the best engineering techniques to software delivery. It isn’t. A focus on engineering techniques is attractive because they are easy to understand, they are relatively easy to implement and they produce higher quality deliverables – who could argue with that? Well, me, actually.