What’s in a name?

I had called it ‘Softening Iterations’ in this 2009 article https://www.agileconnection.com/article/softening-iterations-setting-success The name didn’t catch on … although I have to say I thought it was clever – softening up or ‘unhardening’ before you can really get going with the project.   The concept though eventually became mainstream in the agile world – I was … Read more

Stop ‘Doing Agile’ – and be agile.

The debate over capital A vs small a variation of agile continues – and is an interesting one. Let me first explain it for those of you not familiar with the difference. Capital a Agile is the formal set of methodologies that provide structure to the concept of agility. These methodologies have given shape to … Read more