Agile

What waterfall taught me about agile I worked for one of the largest banks in Brazil back in the day, with everything that entails, waterfall processes, PMBOK training, commercial proposals, weekend-long debugging, wearing a suit and tie. I’ve learned a lot, and don’t regret doing any of it. Nowadays, waterfall is used as a cautionary tale. It’s the project management process that we don’t speak about. Back when I was in the middle of figuring out long-running projects that ran inside of the banking system, for a bank with tens of millions of customers, it was just how things were done. PMBOK and waterfall are the way projects are executed in most businesses, so naturally a bank, whose main concern is about making sure that everyone’s money is secure will lean towards it. ...