Episode #043 // Is agile dead? // with Dave Thomas

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In Episode 43 Dave Thomas, co-author of the manifesto
of agile software development, joins us to discuss the
strange turns the term “agile” has taken.

From a general frustration in software development to a global
industry of consultants and coaches, agility has been used as
both goal and tool. At times, it takes religion-like dimensions –
whereas it started as a way to empower individuals in doing work
well though guiding values and sound judgement.

We digress to explore which parts of agile software developments
make sense in an organizational setting and how organizations
could look like if they were to actually foster agility.

The episode in a nutshell: Dave stresses the
importance of feedback, implicit in all values and principles in
the manifesto, Human is startled by the post-agile future
and Mary-Jane reflects on times when she was “canceled” by
agile evangelists.

Shownotes:


Dave’s talk at GOTO Conference 2015: Agile is dead

Dave’s blog: The Coding Gnome 

Dave’s book: The Pragmatic Programmer