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That's one approach. I think its called 'cowboy'? And it can actually work, if the job can actually be done by one person. Still, its not clear where communication and documentation come into it? What if you're hit by a bus, proverbially.

Things are done different ways for a reason, sometime. The heavyweight process that essentially disrespects the individual contributor (agile et. al.) has a place in a corporate, accountability ecosystem where reporting is required. But it definitely turns the individual into a factory worker, on a line, putting screw A into slot B.




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