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Agile Is Dead: By Dave Thomas link to this video I love his talks for a few reasons: Often times... 1. He's anti-hype 2. He's contriversal 3. He's right.
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Agile is Dead • Pragmatic Dave Thomas • GOTO 2015
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- Presented by Dave Thomas, co-author of the Agile Manifesto
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
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Dave Thomas, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, argues that the commercialized Agile industry has lost the original meaning of agility.
This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2015. #gotocon #gotoams gotoams.nl Pragmatic Dave Thomas - Pragmatic Programmer Turned Publisher @pragdave ABSTRACT Dave Thomas was one of the creators of the Agile Manifesto. A year ago, he told us that Agile is Dead. How could this be? Why had he deserted us? And what are we to do? It turns out that while the "Agile" industry is busy debasing [...] TIMECODES Intro UML Creation of The -Agile Manifesto Agile is not a noun On testing Stop Thinking & Get Certified Today It is time to reclaim Agility The PID Algorithm Agile is not what you do. Agility is how you do it. Questions Download slides and read the full abstract here: gotocon.com/amsterdam-2015/presentation/EVENING%20KEYNOTE:%2… RECOMMENDED BOOKS Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt • The Pragmatic Programmer • bookshop.org/a/9452/9780135957059 Uncle Bob • Clean Agile • amzn.to/3tpAqb5 Derby, Larsen & Schwaber • Agile Retrospectives • amzn.to/3hB4eNk Subramaniam & Hunt • Practices of an Agile Developer • amzn.to/2XjbWor twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- instagram.com/goto_con facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Agile #AgileIsDead #AgileDevelopment #Agility #AgileSoftwareDevelopment #AgileManifesto #DaveThoms #PragDave #PragmaticDaveThomas CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1Why it's here
12 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended by developers as a crucial critique of corporate Agile and a guide to reclaiming true agility.
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