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If you have a not-so-usual solution for your problems but need to justify it to your boss...
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...then 'No Bugs' Hare on Soft.ware might be the right place for you.
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Different teams use very different development processes, with very different results.

IT Hares have collectively spent quite a bit of time developing in small- and medium-sized teams, and are ready to share their own experiences with different development processes.

Development Processes, page 3:

On CMM, Formalism and Creativity

Abstract: CMM, if taken literally, inhibits creativity “by definition”. See if we can find a creative way to allow creativity to survive.
Quote: “…where the head of the organization is second-rate, he will see to it that his immediate staff are all third-rate; and they will, in turn, see to it that their subordinates are fourth-rate.” – C.N. Parkinson
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