Kallokain

I’ve been working with Agile software development since 2001-2002. Over the years, I’ve seen Agile change, a lot! There has been some genuine development. For example, the rediscovery of Monte Carlo simulation counts, even though ordinary project management has had it since at least 1963. Reference Class Forecasting, aging analysis, user story mapping, Cost of Delay economics, and economic profiles, are all useful innovations we have had after the Agile Manifesto was published. While these things were not necessarily invented in the Agile space, agilists began using them after the manifesto was published. However, there was a lot more innovation the ten years before the manifesto, than we have seen in the twenty-five years after. Also, Agile is drowning in misconceptions and misinformation. This article is an attempt to correct some of the more egregious misconceptions I have seen. Along the way, I’ll point to some good sources, for those of you inclined to do a bit of fact-checking. ...