In my ongoing quest to identify the origins of the idea of self-organizing teams, and even a concrete definition of the term, I turn to a chain of blog posts leading back to prior work applying the concepts of complex adaptive systems to business management. A 2018 blog post by Read more…
A 2020 blog post titled Why Are There So Many Misconceptions Around Agile? by Agile Manifesto signatory Andy Hunt said, “The agile manifesto establishes abstract principles for skilled practitioners in a healthy environment.” Deconstructing his statement suggests that the principles are not intended to be specific rules, they’re only to Read more…
Criticisms of Agile methodology abound and are perhaps nearly as numerous as its praises. I’ve taken issues with a number of its elements in prior posts. Perhaps most surprising is that the original signers of the Agile Manifesto have also seen issues with the practice, especially in how it has Read more…