Saying goodbye to Agile

Article

• Author argues Agile invented nothing new and its ritual overhead now outweighs benefits
• Claims LLM-driven spec-first development makes iterative discovery loops obsolete
• Calls for return to upfront design with AI doing implementation from specs

Discussion

• Pushback: Agile’s value is the manifesto’s 4 values, not standups and story points
• Classic observation: when Agile fails, practitioners blame execution, never the method
• Skepticism on spec-driven AI: reality is still messy; agile will be rediscovered
• “Agile started with a manifesto. It ended with Jira.” — quoted approvingly

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