What about major re-arch work?
I support the agile notion, and it works great when each feature is time contained enough that it can be completed on its own within a week or so.
I have so far found it difficult to do the same on a major re-arch or re-factor exercise, where you do have to spend maybe three month with no easy to demonstrate output that people can actually start testing. Whilst I am sure it can be done, but the cost of hyper-division of work so far seems to outweight the benefit.
Any comments about how to apply the agile method to the big-bang re-arch of an existing application, whilst in parallel doing minor service releases on the current arch, will be most appriciated.
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