For the love of me I fail to find an article again about the different approaches, Scrum, waterfall or whatnot, and hoe they are used at start-ups, FAANG, large non-tech companies. I found it through the HN front page...
Gist of it: FAANG is very flexible as long as things get done (hinting at really understanding how things work), large corps somewhat flexible between teams (understanding in principle how it works but still being big corps) while start-ups stick to one methodology (sticking what some founder knows, or thinks to know). Brackets are my interpretation.
Based on what I saw in the last year in my current job, that rings true. Agile is the latest shit, so we aoply it to everuthing, from hardware development to ERP roll outs. Not sure if in those two cases it is the right approach.
It's not my understanding of that article.
What I understood is:
- most FAANGs are using either informal or formal mini-waterfall SDLCs (i.e. starting with small upfront design/product/marketing document).
- most non-tech enterprises and consultancies are using Agile/Scrum
- startups are somewhat in the middle
There is a google sheet with the detailed list of companies and their SDLCs.
Lastly I do agree that SDLC should be adapted to company size/stage and the industry/vertical.
I.e. don't use Agile/Scrum/SAFe over waterfall/RUP for mission- or safety-critical software (i.e. missile, aviation or automotive). And don't use waterfall/RUP for in-house enterprise software over Agile/Scrum/SAFe, etc.
Use something like Shape Up for a small web SaaS product, use EventStorming for a bank or insurance company, etc.
Gist of it: FAANG is very flexible as long as things get done (hinting at really understanding how things work), large corps somewhat flexible between teams (understanding in principle how it works but still being big corps) while start-ups stick to one methodology (sticking what some founder knows, or thinks to know). Brackets are my interpretation.
Based on what I saw in the last year in my current job, that rings true. Agile is the latest shit, so we aoply it to everuthing, from hardware development to ERP roll outs. Not sure if in those two cases it is the right approach.