Forgetting Craftsmanship

Sergio Pereira has just posted a video of a speech by Bob Martin about Extreme Programming after ten years. It’s a fascinating presentation with a message that resonates with me in particular, since I’ve been a part of a software project for the past 3 1/2 years that has left craftsmanship behind while still keeping to the trappings of Agile development (SCRUM in particular). The result has been tragic (to the code base), and the more people who learn from this, the better. Bob may have just inspired me to try to tell the story. But for now… Just watch the video.

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One Response to “Forgetting Craftsmanship”

1. Andy Says:
   February 20th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

   Hi Jeff,

   I ran into your post trawling around. I know the project you’re talking about. I have a similar experience over the last few years in a product-based company. I too see the “I’m just a robot” developer coming out of Agile process and I don’t like it one bit. The “art” has driven out of my team and I’m in process of bringing it back.