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but why? by jbandiin programming  [–]jodonoghue 0 points1 point
ago  I should make it quite clear that I wish that I could
promote a much more Agile approach in the projects I manage
within my company. However, I understand the business factors
which make this very difficult.  Regarding the multiple teams
aspect, does that top-down plan delivery always work out ok?  It
works better than you might expect, but at heavy cost to the
engineers close to the milestones and integration points. I
would love to be able to meaningfully mitigate this.  We do, of
course, use many mechanisms in addition to formal project
meetings with all present. However, off-line communication can
often be a challenge, especially when cultural
expectations/norms are different between the teams.  I have to
agree with dodyg as well:  Agile doesn't fix this situation
because "delivering a fixed solution on a set da