In the beginning, there was pre-history Agile, almost prehistoric era:
- Before 2000 and the meeting in Utah that birthed modern Agile
- Rogue developers trying various "light weight" and "rapid" prototyping and coding practises. In the SEI world, a ghastly level 1 operation of different strokes for different folks
- Everyone else slaving to command and control -- SEI maturity model uber alles!
- Passionate, almost hysterical, disciples of the paradigm handed down from the Utah mountain
- There is no God but the one Agile God
- "You just don't get it" if you question us
- Push back from the money crowd: "I'm not going to put money into something that has no plan"
- Distinguished Agilists are writing and coaching for the real world where every sprint does not put code into production (shocking!)
- Every deliverable with value is not necessarily code (imagine! other stuff has value-add)
- You're actually allowed to not have a retro session after every sprint; some stuff does not need to be completed after every sprint
- The product owner and customer/user can be surrogates for large organizations
- Plans can be drawn, and a business case for the money guys!
- Stories can be detailed out as requirements
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