This year the Agile Manifesto celebrates its 20th anniversary. As a document, it’s challenging to find an approach or philosophy, or way of thinking that has more deeply captured the imagination of the world of software development. The Manifesto articulated four values and twelve principles that empowered small teams of engineers working side-by-side with their customers to deliver products early and often to get maximum feedback, maximum value, and strong attention to software craftsmanship and technical excellence.
As Agile grew in popularity, it similarly captured the imaginations of Project Managers, Directors of Development, and even Senior Executives. The promise of cost-efficient, lightweight teams, working with minimal bureaucracy and overhead, delivering working tested products on regular intervals, maximizing speed and return on investment seemed almost too good to be true. Looking back over the past twenty years, now might be a good time to ask if it was too good to be true? Did Agile deliver the value it promised?
In his opening keynote, Mike Cottmeyer will explore what we’ve learned over the past 20 years about adopting Agile practices and Transforming Agile organizations. We will look at what the signers of the Manifesto got right, but why it’s incomplete as a model for scaling to larger enterprises. Mike will make a case for how we must elevate the conversation around Agile or risk Agile being relegated to that thing teams do, which has nothing to do with running a business.
Now is the time to close the gap and elevate the conversation around Agile.
Topic Areas:
Achieving Measurable Progress and Quantifiable Business Results