It's more about having agility rather than being Agile

I can't help butII can't help but to notice that the more popular and commonplace Agile has become, that the more rigid it is becoming.  The whole point of this movement and their popular progeny such as Scrum, XP, etc. was to overcome the rigidity of traditional project and software development methods.  Unfortunately, its popularity and explosive growth has kind of been its own enemy in that now you have competing bodies of knowledge, terms and definitions and stringent certification programs all claiming to train you in the “proper” methods and practices of Agile.

I can't help but to notice that the more popular and commonplace Agile has become, that the more rigid it is becoming.  The whole point of this movement and their popular progeny such as Scrum, XP, etc. was to overcome the rigidity of traditional project management and software development methods.  Unfortunately, its popularity and explosive growth has kind of been its own enemy in that now you have competing bodies of knowledge, terms and definitions and stringent certification programs all claiming to train you in the “proper” methods and practices of Agile.

Someday Agile as we know it will disappear, but the need for “agility” will never go out of date.  In fact it is the opposite, in that there will be a need for hyper-agility!  Nevertheless, let’s not forget that whatever you want to call it (I like the idea of “Anti-FrAgility” as the next evolution myself) don’t forgot the need for agility.

Someday Agile as we know it will disappear, but the need for “agility” will never go out of date.  In fact it is the opposite, in that there will be a need for hyper-agility!  Nevertheless, let’s not forget that whatever you want to call it (I like the idea of “Anti-FrAgility” as the next evolution myself) don’t forgot the need for agility. can't help but to notice that the more popular and commonplace Agile has become, that the more rigid it is becoming.  The whole point of this movement and their popular progeny such as Scrum, XP, etc. was to overcome the rigidity of traditional project and software development methods.  Unfortunately, its popularity and explosive growth has kind of been its own enemy in that now you have competing bodies of knowledge, terms and definitions and stringent certification programs all claiming to train you in the “proper” methods and practices of Agile.

 

Someday Agile as we know it will disappear, but the need for “agility” will never go out of date.  In fact it is the opposite, in that there will be a need for hyper-agility!  Nevertheless, let’s not forget that whatever you want to call it (I like the idea of “Anti-FrAgility” as the next evolution myself) don’t forgot the need for agility.to notice that the more popular and commonplace Agile has become, that the more rigid it is becoming.  The whole point of this movement and their popular progeny such as Scrum, XP, etc. was to overcome the rigidity of traditional project and software development methods.  Unfortunately, its popularity and explosive growth has kind of been its own enemy in that now you have competing bodies of knowledge, terms and definitions and stringent certification programs all claiming to train you in the “proper” methods and practices of Agile.

 

Someday Agile as we know it will disappear, but the need for “agility” will never go out of date.  In fact it is the opposite, in that there will be a need for hyper-agility!  Nevertheless, let’s not forget that whatever you want to call it (I like the idea of “Anti-FrAgility” as the next evolution myself) don’t forgot the need for agility.