Comments on: Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/ Lidor Wyssocky's Blog on Optimizing Software Development Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Ben Knight http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1379 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:05:00 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1379 I don't see why Agile Draw is such as bad thing? Right under the "About Agile Draw" heading, it states the following: "The Agile Draw principles are not new! Agile Draw is a simple summary of things we all know about drawing useful pictures." I for one think it is a beautiful alternative to the notation-heavy UML. I don't care what it is called, Agile Draw, Quick Draw, whatever... just give me some confidence to do basic sketching on my job using boxes, circles, lines, and text. I like it! I don’t see why Agile Draw is such as bad thing?

Right under the “About Agile Draw” heading, it states the following: “The Agile Draw principles are not new! Agile Draw is a simple summary of things we all know about drawing useful pictures.”

I for one think it is a beautiful alternative to the notation-heavy UML. I don’t care what it is called, Agile Draw, Quick Draw, whatever… just give me some confidence to do basic sketching on my job using boxes, circles, lines, and text. I like it!

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Zachary Bedell http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1197 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:19:12 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1197 <i>AgileDraw+ — your computer-based whiteboard</i> I think they call that a <a href="http://www.smarttech.com/" rel="nofollow">SMARTBoard</a>. Darned nifty little piece of hardware, too! =) AgileDraw+ — your computer-based whiteboard

I think they call that a SMARTBoard. Darned nifty little piece of hardware, too! =)

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Rob Meyer http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1186 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:01:59 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1186 Hah. We'll know that "Agile" has been truly co-opted by vendors when some makes a CASE tool where you draw in "AgileDraw" and can generate code from your model. ;-) Hah. We’ll know that “Agile” has been truly co-opted by vendors when some makes a CASE tool where you draw in “AgileDraw” and can generate code from your model. ;-)

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Lidor Wyssocky http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1155 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:03:11 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1155 Aaron, I am not trying to stereotype the entire Agile community. I was just trying to point out that things are indeed going a little too far. Sometimes. Lidor Aaron,

I am not trying to stereotype the entire Agile community. I was just trying to point out that things are indeed going a little too far. Sometimes.

Lidor

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Aaron Korver http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1153 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:41:18 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1153 Please don't sum up the entire Agile community from just that one website. I consider myself an agilist and personally think that AgileDraw is going a little too far. Remember...People over Processes and Tools. Please don’t sum up the entire Agile community from just that one website. I consider myself an agilist and personally think that AgileDraw is going a little too far. Remember…People over Processes and Tools.

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Tom Harris http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1150 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:39:35 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1150 AgileDraw's home page does a great job of describing what others would call "sketching". And explains with a clear flow-chart exactly when to do that before getting down to UML. In today's meaning-seeking world, who can fault them for taking a simple, commonsense activity, putting a name on it, and claiming it as their own? It was surely not only for money that Gary Dahl sold pet rocks in the 1970's: http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Culture/Fads/Pet_Rocks.asp And lest you say that these ideas don't have staying power, remember that 25 years later, Ms. Aki Maita came out with the Tamgotchi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi AgileDraw’s home page does a great job of describing what others would call “sketching”. And explains with a clear flow-chart exactly when to do that before getting down to UML.

In today’s meaning-seeking world, who can fault them for taking a simple, commonsense activity, putting a name on it, and claiming it as their own?

It was surely not only for money that Gary Dahl sold pet rocks in the 1970’s:

http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Culture/Fads/Pet_Rocks.asp

And lest you say that these ideas don’t have staying power, remember that 25 years later, Ms. Aki Maita came out with the Tamgotchi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Jonathan Allen http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1147 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:59:56 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1147 Amen. Amen.

]]> Comment on Agile: This Is Becoming Weirder By The Minute by: Stefano http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1145 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:21:39 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/08/01/agile-this-is-becoming-weirder-by-the-minute/#comment-1145 Yes, very NEW semantics indeed. Text inside circles and boxes ... How can I ignored AgileDraw until now ? Yes, very NEW semantics indeed. Text inside circles and boxes …

How can I ignored AgileDraw until now ?

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