Comments on: Life as an Agile Project: One big game of Risk: A Human’s Nature http://www.projectshrink.com/life-as-an-agile-project-1259.html Welcome To Shrinkonia. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: datenwerk » klassisches oder agiles PM? blog http://www.projectshrink.com/life-as-an-agile-project-1259.html#comment-1249 datenwerk » klassisches oder agiles PM? blog Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:26:31 +0000 http://blog.softwareprojects.org/?p=1259#comment-1249 [...] Agile is a frame of mind, and that frame is not yet clearly laid out in front of us in a manual. I think Agile is a different way of thinking for a different software world. Embrace uncertainty, love your community, and become OK with the unknown: Be truly agile. (Bas de Baar auf Project Shrink) [...] [...] Agile is a frame of mind, and that frame is not yet clearly laid out in front of us in a manual. I think Agile is a different way of thinking for a different software world. Embrace uncertainty, love your community, and become OK with the unknown: Be truly agile. (Bas de Baar auf Project Shrink) [...]

]]> By: JohnV http://www.projectshrink.com/life-as-an-agile-project-1259.html#comment-1248 JohnV Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:28:20 +0000 http://blog.softwareprojects.org/?p=1259#comment-1248 the Agile Manifesto is great no doubt, but like the Declaration of Independence (US) it led (or will lead) to other documents defining what it truly means to say "We the People"<br><br> That is analogy, but having more definition around what it means to be AGILE isn't necessarily bad, There are fundamental processes that are taught and shared between teams everyday, with the caveat that processes aren't always AGILE. I think if we train ourselves to always be adaptive and learning, we can follow "manuals" knowing they are just a guideline, but not the absolute solution to our ever changing project problems. Thanks for the feedback! the Agile Manifesto is great no doubt, but like the Declaration of Independence (US) it led (or will lead) to other documents defining what it truly means to say “We the People”

That is analogy, but having more definition around what it means to be AGILE isn't necessarily bad, There are fundamental processes that are taught and shared between teams everyday, with the caveat that processes aren't always AGILE. I think if we train ourselves to always be adaptive and learning, we can follow “manuals” knowing they are just a guideline, but not the absolute solution to our ever changing project problems. Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: Dave Nicolette http://www.projectshrink.com/life-as-an-agile-project-1259.html#comment-1247 Dave Nicolette Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:51:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareprojects.org/?p=1259#comment-1247 You already mentioned the framework for agile problem solving: It's the set of values and principles expressed in the Agile Manifesto. When you say the agile frame of mind is "not yet clearly laid out in front of us in a manual," the word "yet" worries me. The moment such a manual appears, it will end the agile frame of mind. You already mentioned the framework for agile problem solving: It's the set of values and principles expressed in the Agile Manifesto. When you say the agile frame of mind is “not yet clearly laid out in front of us in a manual,” the word “yet” worries me. The moment such a manual appears, it will end the agile frame of mind.

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