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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003eFundamendalist SDLCs\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;[T]he rise of fundamentalism within any tradition is always a symptom of the unwillingness to try to sustain joint performances across disparate codes—or, to put it differently, to live in ambiguity, a life that requires constant learning.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"CITE\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Catherine Bateson, Peripheral Visions\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFundamentalism is by no means limited to religion and politics. It\u0026rsquo;s one way that humans respond to the world around them, especially when in groups, especially when there\u0026rsquo;s a perception of threat. You bet your ass it shows up at work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf, perchance, you\u0026rsquo;ve never done so (or even if it\u0026rsquo;s just been a while), have a gander at the original \u003ca href=\"https://agilemanifesto.org/\"\u003eagile manifesto\u003c/a\u003e. You\u0026rsquo;ll find no mention of tools, no prescriptions, no proscriptions. It\u0026rsquo;s a document by dreamers, hoping to make progress in the world, not by eliminating nuance, but by leaving plenty of room to dance with it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty and change years later, what we as an industry typically call Agile is the Jira process. It\u0026rsquo;s very well-defined, and if you don\u0026rsquo;t subscribe to one of its denominations, you\u0026rsquo;re at the very least rebellious and more likely chastised or rejected by many of your industry peers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe\u0026rsquo;ve largely lost the willingness to explore how different ways of working can fit different groups in different ways, and, further, to have more than one way of working in the same organization. And perish the thought of experimenting with entirely new approaches. That\u0026rsquo;s to be left to the professionals, whoever they might be\u0026ndash;in any case, it\u0026rsquo;s not the business \u003cem\u003ewe\u0026rsquo;re\u003c/em\u003e in, because we have to deliver!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy having One True Way that all the teams in your industry work, you can have a shared vocabulary that makes reporting straightforward, comparing outputs simplistic, and individual workers more interchangeable.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo now, people are working under a system that may fit them poorly, and without anything to compare it to (except greybeards whispers of the damnable Waterfall), it\u0026rsquo;s impossible to figure out how to do better.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the cost of what Enterprise Agile has become: a fundamentalist SDLC.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# Fundamendalist SDLCs\n\n\u003e \"[T]he rise of fundamentalism within any tradition is always a symptom of the unwillingness to try to sustain joint performances across disparate codes—or, to put it differently, to live in ambiguity, a life that requires constant learning.\"\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CITE\"\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e Mary Catherine Bateson, Peripheral Visions\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\n\nFundamentalism is by no means limited to religion and politics. It's one way that humans respond to the world around them, especially when in groups, especially when there's a perception of threat. You bet your ass it shows up at work.\n\nIf, perchance, you've never done so (or even if it's just been a while), have a gander at the original [agile manifesto](https://agilemanifesto.org/). You'll find no mention of tools, no prescriptions, no proscriptions. It's a document by dreamers, hoping to make progress in the world, not by eliminating nuance, but by leaving plenty of room to dance with it.\n\nTwenty and change years later, what we as an industry typically call Agile is the Jira process. It's very well-defined, and if you don't subscribe to one of its denominations, you're at the very least rebellious and more likely chastised or rejected by many of your industry peers.\n\nWe've largely lost the willingness to explore how different ways of working can fit different groups in different ways, and, further, to have more than one way of working in the same organization. And perish the thought of experimenting with entirely new approaches. That's to be left to the professionals, whoever they might be--in any case, it's not the business _we're_ in, because we have to deliver!\n\nBy having One True Way that all the teams in your industry work, you can have a shared vocabulary that makes reporting straightforward, comparing outputs simplistic, and individual workers more interchangeable.\n\nSo now, people are working under a system that may fit them poorly, and without anything to compare it to (except greybeards whispers of the damnable Waterfall), it's impossible to figure out how to do better.\n\nThis is the cost of what Enterprise Agile has become: a fundamentalist SDLC.",
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