This month, I want to highlight an article by Dave Thomas, Agile is Dead (Long Live Agility). Dave is an original signatory and author of The Manifest for Agile Software Development, and has key insights in this article about staying true to the roots of agile, and avoiding dogmatic practices. I love this short blog, it reminds me to always question the “why” behind the “what” to ensure my teams are progressing effectively.
https://pragdave.me/thoughts/active/2014-03-04-time-to-kill-agile.html
“The word ‘agile’ has been subverted to the point where it is effectively meaningless, and what passes for an agile community seems to be largely an arena for consultants and vendors to hawk services and products.
So I think it is time to retire the word ‘Agile.’”

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