tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post6037614837353023837..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: What we forget about the Scientific Methodallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-19731997588666949532014-08-22T16:00:47.050+01:002014-08-22T16:00:47.050+01:00I suggest going back to the foundations in Descart...I suggest going back to the foundations in Descartes' original writings. There is some really good foundational stuff in there about the place of separation of concerns, inductive and deductive reasoning, an overall audit of reason, and many other nuggets. Most of what has come down from Descartes to modern-day method loses many of his original ideas in part because it's grounded only in his earlier writings. In his later writings he became much more like his nemesis Pascal (as Pascal became much more like Descartes as well).<br /><br />Anyhow, to me, scientific method is something much deeper than can be caricatured in a a six-rule summary. And it's only common sense to discover when people take ridiculous and inhumane courses of action even in the name of science, and you don't need such a definition of science to achieve progress. Go the extra mile and discover the richness of the ideas in its origins, starting with <i>Discours sur la Methode</i> and then graduating to his essays from later in life.Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248195484232775172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-11311861259664141712014-07-14T12:30:53.609+01:002014-07-14T12:30:53.609+01:00I would also question how feasible it would be to ...I would also question how feasible it would be to perform a real experiment. For instance to do it properly, we would need to isolate the experiment from external influence. For instance...<br /><br />Introduce a control group. i.e. A team which is not permitted to change any of its practices for the next 6 months.<br /><br />Block all other changes to working practices. i.e. Ignore all improvements proposed in retrospectives for the next 6 months.<br /><br />Prevent changes to the working environment. i.e. No office moves. No management restructuring. No new team members. Nobody permitted to leave the team, go off sick or take vacation.<br /><br />Nobody permitted to learn anything for 6 months. Because that could have a serious impact on productivity!<br /><br />Otherwise, any results are clearly inconclusive. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927671225574988584noreply@blogger.com