US Defense Department calling "BS" on Bad Agile?

Believe it or not, 'bad Agile' is so prevalent that the US Department of Defense has created a guide to help spot it.

https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/09/2002049591/-1/-1/0/DIB_DETECTING_AGILE_BS_2018.10.05.PDF

Excerpt:

Agile is a buzzword of software development, and so all DoD software development projects are, almost by default, now declared to be “agile.” The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to DoD program executives and acquisition professionals on how to detect software projects that are really using agile development versus those that are simply waterfall or spiral development in agile clothing (“agile-scrum-fall”). 



Thank you to Joshua Kerievsky for pointing this out!
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6494647379457900544/

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