What Is Agile?

Discussing what you're doing and then doing it and then going home.

To answer the fundamental question "What is Agile" is simple:

It's a bullshit panacea that pretends to address all concerns around the uncertainty inherent in the production and delivery of complex software.

Every methodology claims to be agile, most of which are not, and claim to provide managers and MBAs the ability to prognosticate accurately - none of which actually do.

If you eliminated entire layers of management and non-technical people from software development, you wouldn't have anyone talking about "Agile" or "Agile Methodologies" at all.

Agile is an informal manifesto[1] + poorly-specified software prototyping method based on a feedback loops.

Scrum is a brilliant idea that SW Development is no different than Rugby;)

[1] https://agilemanifesto.org/

This is a talk by Dave Thomas whose name is on the Agile Manifesto.

I highly recommend giving it a watch.

In short, “Agile” with capital A is a cult-like training and process-defining industry gone out of control, causing more harm than good and the opposite of agile.

agile development, as defined in the manifesto is simple and productive - make a step forward, look around, adjust, make another small step.