The term “agile” is over- and mis-used in modern software development, to the point that it can more or less be considered meaningless. Just about everyone seems to say they’re agile now, whether they share the values in the agile manifesto or not.
So, fine: The word is meaningless. Is that such a big deal? Let’s not be discouraged by the abuse of a single umbrella term. Let’s keep our focus on the mindset and the values.
Some of these questions hone in on whether the organization really does have a healthy mindset for modern software development, the ideas we used to group together and call “agile”.
