Agile Myths & Misconceptions

I spoke last week at SofTech, the Philippine Software Industry Association's first Software Engineering conference. We had five hundred attendees! My presentation was entitled "Agile Myths and Misconceptions". You can download a copy of it on Slideshare.



I discussed twelve common myths about Agile Software Development. I'll follow this blog post up with twelve blog posts that discuss each myth:

• Agile Myth #1:  "Agile is a Methodology".
• Agile Myth #2:  "Agile is Just About Project Management"
• Agile Myth #3:  "Agile is Short Milestones"
• Agile Myth #4:  "Agile Cannot Work with Fixed Budgets"
• Agile Myth #5:  "Agile is Unpredictable"
• Agile Myth #6:  "Agile Means No Upfront Design"
• Agile Myth #7:  "Agile Means No Documentation"
• Agile Myth #8:  "Agile Will Prevent Problems"
• Agile Myth #9:  "Agile Means No Managers"
• Agile Myth #10: "Agile Means Weak Control"
• Agile Myth #11: "Agile is Easy"
• Agile Myth #12: "You're Either Agile or You're Not Agile"