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I’ve just come off the phone from a mobile telecommunications company and I need to rant…
I met a couple of guys from this particular firm – let’s call them MobiTel – a month or two ago, and they said, we’re looking to go Agile, so give us a call before the end of the year.
So, 7 telephone numbers and 75 minutes later, I still haven’t been able to actually *speak* to either of them. The whole enterprise ended with me having a disagreement with one of their employees in mainland Europe (although it was definitely a number in England I’d rung initially).
I’d like to see the user story that suggests putting a number MobiTel’s website, which, when rung, gets a message saying, “Sorry, the number you have dialled has not been recognised”. And when you query it, you’re told that it’s not ‘policy’ to give out telephone numbers!
Can someone explain to me…
a) how a company that wants to adopt Agile methods thinks that making a 5-minute task take more time than it takes to do 4, maybe 5 Scrums is in any way sensible?, and
b) why telecommunications companies seem to be the world’s worst at enabling someone to actually *speak* – on the *phone* – with one of their employees?
I know this isn’t really the kind of Agile discussion you were probably looking for, but I am almost burning with rage and need to go for a lie down, so you can call it a burn-down if you like…