I saw this great comic at Stack Overflow this morning, and I though I would share it with you.
No matter how much method we want to have in our development process, there is always a part of it that looks (or feels) like the comic above. It’s normal. When it’s over, it’s funny. Some of the best ideas can come out of those all-nighters.
Even though at Websystems we feel our development methods yields a much higher quality of product that the “lone coder” ways of our beginnings, there always comes a point when we all run around in circles. Usually in the bug fixing stage: everyone wants the software to be perfect, and we all want the software to be released. Inevitably, something will happen to threaten both our desires, and that’s when the running starts!
> Even though at Websystems we feel our development methods yields a much
> higher quality of product that the “lone coder” ways of our beginnings, there
> always comes a point when we all run around in circles.
HAHAHAHA, as CTO of a small dev team, I can 100% relate to this. Transitioning from cowboy coders to a functional agile team has been quite a trip.