7 Sins of Scaling and Other Agile Anti Patterns
summary
Argues that common scaling anti‑patterns produce fast but useless work and offers concrete fixes: replace status overflow of value with delivery of tangible increments, prefer throughput forecasting and release burn‑up charts (showing scope creep) over individual utilization metrics, favor automated integration tests plus exploratory manual testing to avoid crap on time, and connect stories to a strategic filter not a bucket. Recommends finish‑before‑start, Lean Startup experiments and retrospectives to reduce work‑in‑progress and reveal real cost of delay.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 0:32Disclaimer
- 1:08Antipatterns
- 1:27Agile Manifesto
- 1:51Auditor Manifesto
- 2:39Sinner's Manifesto
- 3:31Heresy
- 3:49Potential Sin #1
- 4:37Scaling Processes and Tools Over Scaling Mindset
- 10:41Status over Flow of Value
- 24:38Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship
- 32:09Potential Sin #5
- 38:30Iterations over Releases
- 40:18Illusion over Reality
- 42:41Potential Sin #7
- 42:55Organizational Hacks over Leadership
- 45:10The Sinner Summary
- 45:57The Virtuous Path
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