How big tech runs tech projects and the curious absence of Scrum
&quot;We went from shipping the flagship Windows app once-a-quarter at best, to monthly shipping&quot;<p>Here&#x27;s some professional advice: The idea that releasing more often is a good idea is total rubbish. Eric S. Raymond said it originally (&quot;release early, release often&quot;) about open-source. People have applied it to software in general because of survivorship bias. Web devs tried it, and surprise, web dev can get away with shipping an update multiple times a day. Your users probably won&#x27;t even notice.<p>But what if your program isn&#x27;t a webapp? Updates aren&#x27;t so seamless. If you update Skype 3 times a day, your users will be prompted to update Skype app 3 times a day. Do you really think that&#x27;s a good idea?