## Metadata - Author: [[jason-yip|Jason Yip]] - Full Title:: The Age of Cargo Cult Agile Must End. - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://jchyip.medium.com/the-age-of-cargo-cult-agile-must-end-9408e1d13e1d - Finished date:: [[2023-02-22]] ## Highlights ### Misconception: Agile comes from [[lean|Lean]] >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gsvwa5x6jpys035y1g329v2j)) ### **Misconception: Agile defines products in 2-week Sprints** > > A release planning meeting is used to create a [release plan](http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/commit.html), which lays out the overall project. The release plan is then used to create iteration plans for each individual [iteration](http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/iterative.html). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gsvwb8d3tcg92n36db7yr1z8)) > > “That’s what a flat backlog is to me. A bag of context-free mulch.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gsvwbtse469qfs4evpyne4hh)) - Note: In my case, I use the "Roadmap" feature of Jira to avoid having that context-free flat backlog ### Think Big Work Small > They sequence work with the riskiest assumptions first — experimenting, testing, and learning ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gsvwd6jwyh5rndsa01yjbsvc)) > From his subsequent translation of the Agile Manifesto, my guess is that Burnett assumes people will not be trustworthy (aka [Theory X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y)) which is why the Manifesto seems pathetic. This is why I have “[people are trustworthy](https://jchyip.medium.com/core-belief-people-are-trustworthy-b793247bcc91)” as a core belief of effective Agile product development culture. If you don’t fundamentally believe people are trustworthy, a lot of what the Agile community advocates sounds like nonsense. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gsvw95k5asspmby2jdyye1j4))