When I first talk to a team as their agile coachf, I often discover that they've read some books or attended conferences, and they've come away from these brief experiences with lingering concerns over certain "agile catch-phrases." Of course, the skepticism is healthy, and the misconceptions are natural. This is all part of a team's transition to true agility.

In the November 2006 edition of Scientific American, Stuart Kauffman has a short essay on the use of biological metaphors for economic study.

Interviewing Techniques for Staffing Lean-Agile Teams

It’s gotta be about both People and Process. I must have heard this dozens of times from people who stopped by our booth at Agile 2006. Lean and Agile involve so much more than simply coding. People issues and management issues are at least as important. That is what the folks who stopped by our booth wanted to talk about. These leaders were looking to learn what is involved in doing this stuff in the real world.  read more »

Recently, people have voiced serious concerns about the wording of the Agile Manifesto, and whether or not Lean principles are more palatable to business.

I've always felt that Lean Software Product Development and Agile processes went together like bees and honey, so I took another look at the Agile Manifesto. I have little desire either to defend or to dismiss the positions taken in that document. Rather, I found the comparisons to be based on misunderstanding.

People Over Process?