http://pliantalliance.org Think. Evaluate. Change. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pliantalliance.org/faq/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Straw Dogs Code Blog » Blog Archive » Methodologies, Martial Arts and Philosophy Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:34:52 +0000 http://pliantalliance.org/?page_id=4#comment-33 [...] Agile Development = 5 Animal Form Kung Fu = Buddhism An attempt to break from rigidity but instead merely adds a number of extra tools to its box and attempts to become more agile yet still sticks to its general tennets religiously preaching such ideas as TDD, prototyping, etc. Pliant Development = Jeet Kune Do = Daoism The next level after Agile? I read the FAQ at their website and it struck me as very JKD, very Daoist. Live in the moment and adapt to change and willing to use ANY tool regardless of any pre-concieved notion. Cowboy Coding = Street Fighting = Anarchy Sometimes works but more often than not results in failure, pain and misery. [...] [...] Agile Development = 5 Animal Form Kung Fu = Buddhism An attempt to break from rigidity but instead merely adds a number of extra tools to its box and attempts to become more agile yet still sticks to its general tennets religiously preaching such ideas as TDD, prototyping, etc. Pliant Development = Jeet Kune Do = Daoism The next level after Agile? I read the FAQ at their website and it struck me as very JKD, very Daoist. Live in the moment and adapt to change and willing to use ANY tool regardless of any pre-concieved notion. Cowboy Coding = Street Fighting = Anarchy Sometimes works but more often than not results in failure, pain and misery. [...]

]]> http://pliantalliance.org/faq/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Straw Dogs Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:13:37 +0000 http://pliantalliance.org/?page_id=4#comment-32 I've been thinking about writing a post on my blog about the various methodologies and their relation to the martial arts/philosophy. I think Pliant falls into Jeet Kune Do and Daoism. I’ve been thinking about writing a post on my blog about the various methodologies and their relation to the martial arts/philosophy. I think Pliant falls into Jeet Kune Do and Daoism.

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