The world of business is an ever-changing and hyper-competitive world. Agile was introduced to help survive in that world. However, that world is becoming more demanding. Agile as practiced 10 years ago is not sustainable. It is time Agile practitioners take their own medicine and accept change. Agile must change or die.
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When I first started down the Agile path, I was skeptical. Over the years I developed a deeper appreciation for it. What's funny is, it wasn't Agile's software development methodology that prompted my linking; rather it was the organizational development concepts of Agile that drove my liking of the concept.
If you know anything about me, you know that even though I like something, I always seem to have a problem with everything.
Read MoreSoftware development is like making a TV show.
One of the challenges with software development is that non-technical people in organizations are the ones who solicit software projects. Business leaders, particularly those in marketing positions, demand software and also demand that the new software is not released until it is "done." However, name one person who actually believes that software reaches a done state where zero updates and upgrades are needed.
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