The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Killing Agile (0/?)

Right after executing test case X, Deep Thought asks something about it to Arthur Dent, who is the author and also the last person that formally ran test case X.

Arthur finds out that, in the meanwhile, test case X has been modified, oddly enough without having been executed anymore, by Ford Prefect —something that, by the way, Deep Thought might have found on his/her own.

Therefore, Arthur suggests Deep Thought send an email to Ford to figure out why test case X was not executed after having been reviewed.

Zaphod Beeblebrox confirms that the best thing that Deep Thought can do at that point consists in asking Ford for clarification.

Thereupon, Arthur requests Deep Thought to be copied in the email thread: to know if test case X is still valid, for example, or to be informed in case the requirement and the implementation have undergone a change, even to help (if well-accepted)…

Deep Thought refuses to do that with the following justifications:

1. I want to be more “agile”
2. I don’t want you to be in the thread because your opinion usually differs from mine

Arthur replies: “This has nothing to do with Agile! This is just nonsense and completely unbelievable, but you can do whatever you want, of course!”.

Arthur also thinks: “Well, this might have something to do with Agile, in a way… This is just nonsense and completely unbelievable, but it’s definitely gonna be the zero post about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Killing Agile, of course!”.