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.
On the off chance this flew over some heads, my entire point was the the alternative to "Agile" is actually being agile.
It's astonishing how many people in this industry get paid to spend their entire day on step 1. Just talking about work all day. It's all just talk. Disgusting.
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.