A knee jerk reaction to requirements or features requested by a customer which have not been designed nor any realistic time line been set for their implementation, other than expressing the sentiment that said features are "Fast Followers". This syndrome is characterized by the upending of any manageable process that establishes a specification of, a time line for, and allocation resources for implementation.
Dev1: "Hey, did you guys here what the product manager just promised the customer? We're not even done with the original features."
Dev2: "Yeah, and we have no way of knowing of when we're going to do that because there's not even any specifications."
Dev1:"I wish product would attempt to avoid Fast Follower Syndrome."
Dev2:"Yeah we're definitely going to be working over Christmas again."
Dev2: "Yeah, and we have no way of knowing of when we're going to do that because there's not even any specifications."
Dev1:"I wish product would attempt to avoid Fast Follower Syndrome."
Dev2:"Yeah we're definitely going to be working over Christmas again."
by hel112570 February 13, 2023