Agilish — What It Means and Why It Exists
ag·il·ish /ˈajəliSH/ adjective Able to apply Agile values and principles to execute a plan quickly and easily. "The team worked in an Agilish way to meet their deadline in spite of unplanned obstacles." Relating to or denoting a method of project management characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans. "Agilish methods apply Agile concepts to different types and sizes of projects." The World Agile Assumes The Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by seventeen practitioners who believed — rightly — that there was a better way to build software. The values and principles they articulated have stood the test of time. Incremental delivery, collaboration, responding to change, working software over documentation — these ideas work. The evidence is overwhelming. But the Agile Manifesto was not written with a Program Management Office in the room. It was not written with a heavily regulated ...