Last fall James Shore published an article titled The Decline & Fall of Agile. In reading it, I couldn’t help thinking of the Gartner Hype Cycle, and whether or not we were coming down from the Peak of Inflated Expectations in the Agile sector. While the Trough of Disillusionment is a rough dose of reality, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing for Agile Evolution.
I’m even more convinced of this having read through Alistair Cockburn’s Agile 2009 Presentation. It seems as though Agile is back on an upswing in both usage and popularity, perhaps even scaling the Slope of Enlightenment. The overall tone of Agile conferences has shifted as well, and the questions aren’t so much dogmatic as they are practical. Even a healthy portion of Lean and Kanban are making it into the discussions.
So my question to you Agilists is this:
“Where do you think Agile is in the Gartner Hype Cycle?”
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