Carnegie Robotics Reviews

For software specifically, I think the weakness of agile can be seen in some instances where work cannot be packaged within sprint sized tasks. There's probably something that can be done to further customize planning around the particular job to make the operation run smoother. It does work for the most part. For some people daily meetings take away from every engineers time; there needs to be a heightened awareness around this that makes these valuable enough to justify or a dialing back the frequency to where it is optimal. The relationships that CRL has with partner companies can make things a bit complicated at times. These partners are industry leaders and that can make driving the project forward a bit of an exercise in certain cases. A lot of time is spent in maintaining this as well.

Acknowledge the realities of the tradeoffs of developing at a fast pace and being able to deliver quality and robust products. Formalize where on the scale between the two qualities a project is, and do not hold a double standard.