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Agile is Dead

July 7, 2009 by Janusz Marcin Gorycki

The agile revolution has won. There is no doubt about it. No longer are its evangelists the pioneers who blaze new trails and chart the unknown, like they used to a couple of years ago. Agile principles, methodology, tool sets, even agile lingo, have become mainstream. Frankly, everybody and their dog is “doing agile” these days. Of course, there are pockets of resistance in the more backward (or “conservative” to be more polite) companies, but they are destined to eventually see the error of their ways and switch over. Even the most pointy haired of pointy haired bosses know that if they don't learn, accept and embrace agile methodologies, they are doomed to very soon become everybody's laughing stock, not to mention their careers are going to go down the drain.

And that my friends, is agile movement's doom. The revolution is over. The establishment has struck back, as it usually does, using the strategy it always chooses – assimilation, dilution, extermination.

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When, How and Why Definition of Done Should Be Extended

December 7, 2007 by Artem Marchenko

Definition of done is one of the central concepts of Scrum process. Every iteration the team is supposed to release an increment of software that is fully done. Ideal Scrum team every iteration delivers software right to the customer hands, manages to arrange the trainings, print documentation and so on. Most of the real world teams, however, aim at somewhat smaller goals. What exactly is expected to be delivered by the iteration end depends on the team's definition of done.

Evolution of Done

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