What does Agile mean?

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Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States

I will ask again since when I originally asked it during the talent and tech expo and it got wiped off the board real quick. (or no one wanted to answer it).

I have seen and been involved in, a couple of debates on what exactly Agile means. I rather enjoy those debates and learning what others think about it.

To me, Agile is a generic umbrella term for frameworks and methods that meet a certain set of guiding principles and practices.

What Does Agile Mean?
What is/should be included within a detailed Agile definition (guiding principles/practices)?
Has the hype around Agile caused the definition to warp some?

Posted: Jun 15, 2018 5:20 PM

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Anton Oosthuizen Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self Employed Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Jun 20, 2018 9:27 AM

Replying to Sergio Luis Conte

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The problem is here: waterfall is not a method/methodology. That is the point. Waterfall is a life cycle process based on predictive life cycle models. The problem is people mix all: life cycle process, life cycle models, methods, etc. When people do that then is the first step to fail. In my current work place we are using Agile and Lean with waterfall based methods. On the other hand. my only intention to participate here, is to write about things that I saw are not usually taking into account. Thanks God I do not own the trhurt. So, that´s all from my side.

Posted: Jun 20, 2018 9:42 AM

Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States

How is this for a nice one-sentence definition:

Agile is a generic or “umbrella” term for an operational framework or methodology that strives to keep a focus on requirements by using adaptive approaches.

No software or project management focus, but flexible enough for both. No use of iterative and incremental, so if you have an adaptive approach that does not utilize incremental releases, it still qualifies. It mentions keeping a focus on the requirements, this could be business requirements or project requirements. It makes it known that it is not the method itself, but a general term for other methodologies.

Posted: Jun 20, 2018 10:00 AM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

These topics have always been disproportionally focused on terminology rather than content ;-)

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Jun 20, 2018 5:47 PM

Joshua Render

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That is true. In a lot of ways it becomes a semantic game. I have a 2,000 word document I have written up on a general and rather lightweight barely scratching the surface definition of Agile. These conversations are helping me to try and improve it maybe. I am just not sure how to cite this as a source....

What content do you think falls under the Agile umbrella?

Posted: Jun 20, 2018 5:43 PM

Joshua Render Product Owner| Cognizant Harrisville, Ny, United States

Jun 20, 2018 5:43 PM

Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD

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These topics have always been disproportionally focused on terminology rather than content ;-)

Posted: Jun 20, 2018 5:47 PM (Updated by author: Jun 20, 2018 5:48 PM)

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