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Agile is dead, but does anyone care? Cynefin tells us that we should be watching the slope of improvement, not aiming for a mythical "best practice". Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss why agile is irrelevant, on this episode of the (ironically named) Troubleshooting Agile podcast. Links: - Ubiquitous Language: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/UbiquitousLanguag ... Show More
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