http://pliantalliance.org/2006/06/19/agile-is-just-a-brand-name/ Think. Evaluate. Change. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pliantalliance.org/2006/06/19/agile-is-just-a-brand-name/comment-page-1/#comment-50 tbeck Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:46:47 +0000 http://pliantalliance.org/?p=25#comment-50 <a href="http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/51" rel="nofollow">James</a> disputes Brian's claim that "Agile" is a marketing term. I can see this becoming a long drawn out argument. Frankly I don't really care about the origins of "Agile". All I care about is what it means <b>now</b>. In my opinion, "Agile" has definately become a marketing term. So, like I said in the original post, I'm moving on. James disputes Brian’s claim that “Agile” is a marketing term. I can see this becoming a long drawn out argument. Frankly I don’t really care about the origins of “Agile”. All I care about is what it means now. In my opinion, “Agile” has definately become a marketing term. So, like I said in the original post, I’m moving on.

]]> http://pliantalliance.org/2006/06/19/agile-is-just-a-brand-name/comment-page-1/#comment-37 pliantalliance.org » Pliancy is Another Word for Evolvibility Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:56:40 +0000 http://pliantalliance.org/?p=25#comment-37 [...] Dan North has a post about how agility is about coming up with a “repeatable, predictable way to adapt to change”. First of all, as we’ve discovered, “Agility” is about marketing, so in a sense, Dan is wrong. However, getting better at software development is about evolvibilty. Adapting to a changing context and working in a way that best suits ythat context is the path to better software development. [...] [...] Dan North has a post about how agility is about coming up with a “repeatable, predictable way to adapt to change”. First of all, as we’ve discovered, “Agility” is about marketing, so in a sense, Dan is wrong. However, getting better at software development is about evolvibilty. Adapting to a changing context and working in a way that best suits ythat context is the path to better software development. [...]

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