Comments on: Why is Refactoring a “Must”? http://xprogramming.com/blog/why-is-refactoring-a-must/ an agile software development resource Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jeffries http://xprogramming.com/blog/why-is-refactoring-a-must/#comment-62 jeffries Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:22:19 +0000 http://xprogramming.com/blog/?p=46#comment-62 I am more inclined to say something like "That's not what I teach," or "That's not what XP says (as I understand it)," or the like. Personally, I think the question "Is X Agile," is a waste of time. Teams don't get paid for being Agile, they get paid for producing good software in short amounts of time. There are ideas in Agile (well, at least there are ideas in XP and Scrum) that can help. One thing that is less useful than asking "Is X Agile" is to bash Agile, especially when one doesn't know much at all about it. To do that is to display ignorance at multiple levels. Just unwise. I am more inclined to say something like “That’s not what I teach,” or “That’s not what XP says (as I understand it),” or the like.

Personally, I think the question “Is X Agile,” is a waste of time. Teams don’t get paid for being Agile, they get paid for producing good software in short amounts of time. There are ideas in Agile (well, at least there are ideas in XP and Scrum) that can help.

One thing that is less useful than asking “Is X Agile” is to bash Agile, especially when one doesn’t know much at all about it. To do that is to display ignorance at multiple levels. Just unwise.

]]> By: William Pietri http://xprogramming.com/blog/why-is-refactoring-a-must/#comment-57 William Pietri Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:59:27 +0000 http://xprogramming.com/blog/?p=46#comment-57 Hi, Ron. It seems like a lot of people lately get all riled up when somebody says "X is not Agile". I think it's great that people say that, and that a lot of the grumbling is based on a misunderstanding. <a href="http://agilefocus.com/2009/02/agile-versus-agile/" rel="nofollow">I've tried to explain that misunderstanding</a>, and I'd love feedback from you and your readers. Hi, Ron. It seems like a lot of people lately get all riled up when somebody says “X is not Agile”. I think it’s great that people say that, and that a lot of the grumbling is based on a misunderstanding. I’ve tried to explain that misunderstanding, and I’d love feedback from you and your readers.

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