Re: [tlug] Large project Agile development

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Curt Sampson wrote:
> On 2008-08-19 14:49 +0900 (Tue), Edward Middleton wrote:
>   
> > In some previous discussion, there was disagreement about whether agile 
> > development could scale.  This is an article about developing a large 
> > system using scrum.
> >
> > http://www.infoq.com/articles/dutch-railway-scrum
> >     
>
> Unfortunately, this is no way qualifies as a "large system" in the sense
> that I, and I believe Stephen, was using it in that article.
>   

Yes sorry, I notices this just after posting.

> Now the projects I think that Stephen had in mind, and that I certainly
> did when I talk about Agile vs. Large Projects, are ones that involve
> hundreds of developers and engineeers over a 3-5 year period. Airplane
> and spacecraft computerized control systems come to mind.

OK,  have you got a better example of a 'large system', because this is 
exactly the sort of project you said[1].

   I'm not claiming anything about agile, particularly not that it ...

   .. would be all that useful on projects such as aircraft flight control systems.

     

Edward

1. http://tlug.jp/ML/0807/msg00224.html