Not waterfall. Not agile. Definitely stressful. - Anonymous employee Harmonia Employee Review

3.0
Apr 26, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people (not management) are great - they are welcoming and genuine nice to be around.

Cons

Some teams are following agile and waterfall at the same time. They aren't transitioning to one or the other, just trying to do both. This forces those who aren't developers to wear multiple hats and have responsibilities with conflicting interests (i.e. 1 person being the scrum master and the product owner) or simply have too much work (being a PM and a Scrum Master and a part time PO).

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Harmonia Response
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Hi - thank you for your feedback and for your kind words about the management team. We do hear you about the Agile vs. Waterfall, although the issue is largely not of our making. The government is still slowly graduating from Waterfall to Agile and a lot of projects are stuck somewhere in the middle because on the one hand the contract is written in one way but on the other hand the actual program office has a different expectation. I see that you classify yourself as a former employee. i am sorry, we weren't able to retain you. I hope you will stay in touch. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

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