Agile is a dirty word
It’s time for a CLEAN up
Something has gone badly wrong. “We’re doing Agile” more often than not turns into “we tried Agile and it didn’t work”. How did we get here?
The clue is in the word doing. Anyone who says they’re “doing Agile” implies there’s a correct way to do it. There isn’t. There are no methods or practices you can follow to the letter to guarantee success. Being agile - understanding agile principles and using them to define your own brilliant ways of working - that’s the key.
This website was created to provide clear, jargon-free education about agile principles and some of the more popular frameworks and practices you might choose to experiment with.
Whether you’re here to learn the basics or dive deeper into the details, I hope you’ll find it useful.
What is agile?
Agile is not a project management methodology, nor is it a set of practices. There are plenty of people who will tell you that if you follow this Agile framework or that Agile methodology, you’ll be guaranteed success. But the truth is; there are no guarantees.
Agile methods work when the people doing them understand the principles that guide the practices, and use that knowledge to figure out their own better ways of working.