Re: What would you call this type of Agile?

> This post relates somebody's experience of a company that embraces  
> 'Agile':


No, it doesn't.

It states eleven opinions, nearly all of which would be instantly  
recognized as false by someone familiar with Agile literature.

None of the eleven is supported by experience based statements. It's  
not so hard to recognize such statements; they have the following form:

   "Following the advice in book / blog / article X about Agile, we  
did Y and experience Z negative / positive result".

At the risk of being blunt - opinions are like assholes, everyone has  
one. The more popular Agile-the-buzzword becomes, the more Agile- 
bashing becomes a quick and effective way of garnering attention and a  
platform for expressing your opinions. Meanwhile, no useful insight  
has been generated. "Agile deemphasizes quality" is no more than  
flamebait.

This isn't to say that teams who try Agile never face any issues. Many  
teams give it a sincere try and come up short. The Agile community I  
know and spend time with is one that, for the most part, is open and  
willing to listen to such team's reports, and incorporate such  
feedback into their toolkit.

Listen to people who make experience based statements about Agile.  
Listen to people who make a *constructive* statement for some  
alternative to Agile. Both have pragmatic value.

But, if you value your time, just ignore random trolls.

Laurent Bossavit
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