What is Agile?

We keep hearing different opinions about what is Agile. Those who understand it the least describe it as a series of processes that can be applied to the software development business as need be.

Others, more academic refer to it as a culture, and claim that the culture must be established before any processes can be established, less they prove temporary.

Having considered these points, and seeing that there is much good about them I have a somewhat different view.

Agile is attitude.

• We are doing great things, but we can get even greater
• We are learning lots of stuff, but need to learn more
• We are delivering quality, but must get better
• We are connecting with our customers, but need to get closer
• We are establishing collaboration as the management method, but need to talk more
• We talk the talk, but need to walk the walk
• We are easy to approach, but must be even friendlier
• Agile is the way forward, but we must get leaner

You get the drift, add more in the comments if you agree, add even more if you don’t.

Mike