As long ago as 2006, I characterized the-thing-that-the-word-“Agile”-no-longer-represents as “monasticism for the married” – a way for people to huddle together in response to a hostile world.
Since Agile failed, it seems the software world has become more… uncaring. Perhaps this old essay might be of use to someone: http://www.exampler.com/old-blog/2006/11/01/index.html#agile-as-fish
@zebratale Well, I was actively worried it was failing in 2009: http://arxta.net/
To be more responsive: My idea was that “agile” represented an attitude toward the work. After the first flush of enthusiasm waned, my definition of success went toward: people with that attitude can find places to work in the way they want to work.
No way to know for sure, but it seems as if the absolute number of such opportunies has declined, and is declining faster. That’s failure.
@orchun I’m happy to reference Zeno so long as I get to have a footnote¹.
¹ … that lets me note that the Stoics were wrong, *wrong*, WRONG. (If I have to pick from contending philosophical schools, I pick Epicurianism, especially since Dawn “tends to the garden” while I do all that I’m good for: type away on a computer._
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