The Roots of Agile, Part 1

by Preston G. Smith

Unfortunately, conventional agile software development, although quite successful on software projects, doesn't translate well to non-software projects because it depends on some special characteristics of the software medium, such as object technologies and the ability to automate testing and thus do it continuously. So the question arises: Are there comparable techniques that apply for making non-software development (cell phones, hand tools, or food, for example) more agile? There indeed are, but to find them you must understand -- at the most basic level -- what enables agility.

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The Roots of Agile, Part 1Thu Sep 06 08:12:42 CDT 2007