The infamous Suez Canal blockage meets software development! Programmers are the aircraft carrier trying to make actual progress, while project managers are the Ever Given ship blocking the entire canal with bureaucracy.
Nothing kills productivity quite like the unholy trinity of timeline reviews, Jira updates, and the dreaded "let's have another status meeting." Meanwhile, actual code sits unwritten, bugs remain unfixed, and deadlines drift further into fantasy land.
The greatest maritime disaster of 2021 perfectly symbolizes what happens when management processes become so bloated they prevent any actual work from getting done. But sure, let's discuss our sprint velocity while the ship is literally stuck.