Agile is a Dirty Word
summary
Argues that organisations saying they’re “doing Agile” usually practice ritualised, cargo‑cult process rather than outcomes, and labels Scrum/SAFe examples of that. Offers specific fixes: use value stream mapping, run short workshops and a tech‑debt mapping exercise, pair to share context, decouple teams, and change one thing at a time. Describes rebuilding one team over four months (three weeks to map their flow), cutting WIP and getting a working process the team owns.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:21Overview
- 7:22Agile is a Dirty Word
- 12:19Cycle of Fear
- 14:45Risk Management Theatre
- 19:03Safe
- 22:31Special Case
- 24:46Budgeting
- 27:02Agile BS
- 28:06Avoiding Dirty Words
- 30:39MVP
- 33:51Examples
- 38:28Be Agile
- 46:07Clean Agile
