Is Agile Being Diluted?
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The Agile Manifesto is 15 years old, and the debate is on: Is the agile approach being diluted? This is the subject of a feature article in December PM Network, and we want your opinion.
There is no denying that agile approaches have spread beyond software development to other industries and organizations large and small. Some experts complain that agile is used as a “smoke screen” for project managers who don’t bother defining product features and a vision of the solution. Others say thought must be put into how agile approaches relate to waterfall. In sidebars, two manifesto co-authors give their take on the state of agile today.
What do you think? How does your organization use agile approaches? Do they work in providing customer value and bringing successful strategic outcomes? Please let us know in the comments below your experience and opinion on the agile debate.
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Sergio Luis Conte
Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The problem is to believe that the agile manifesto for software development has stated what agile really is. At is name implies is a guideline for software only. The genesis (formal) of agile was in USA DoD NSF/Agility Forum (1990, I was part). And the genesis was not related to software. It was realted to whole enterprise from strategy to execution. Agile is not a method or process, agile is not a life cycle, agile is not software or It.
Thank you for your comment. I would be very interested in hearing about the very early (pre-manifesto) days/years of agile were like.
Denise Canty
Agile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden Company
Washington, Dc, United States
I, personally, don't see any signs of the agile approach being 'diluted'. I see the agile approach's demand greater and greater. My concern is that those who use agile still don't get the "agile mindset". Many are still just 'doing agile' and are not "being agile'.
The mindset seems to be the hardest obstacle to overcome and this I foresee as the reason that agile may become really 'diluted' in the future.
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