My Response to “Are we overcomplicating software development?”
(in regards to the original post that started this)<p>I could rant for hours about how so many misuse the term &quot;Agile&quot; and the misunderstanding the idea(s) behind being agile.  But I&#x27;m at a point where I almost don&#x27;t care anymore.  The use of &quot;Agile&quot; as though it describes a specific, prescriptive methodology is so ubiquitous that it&#x27;s almost impossible to talk about the subject.<p>Let me just say this... go read the Agile Manifesto before issuing any criticism of &quot;Agile&quot; and repeat this 10 times - &quot;Agile is NOT a methodology&quot;.<p>Scrum is a methodology.  Crystal is a methodology.  RUP is a methodology.  XP is a methodology.  OpenUP is a methodology.  TSP is a methodology.   One or more of those methodologies may be &quot;agile&quot;, but &quot;Agile&quot; itself is NOT a methodology.