Agile and Beyond 2016

Compare a laptop made 20 years ago to one made today and you’ll find a world of difference in weight, simplicity and power. Compare traditional agile methods with more modern approaches and you’ll find them to be simpler, safer and more efficient. Yet today, too many shops are practicing agile like it’s 1999! In this talk, I will explain what modern agile methods are, how modern agility compares with the agile manifesto and how modern agile methods differ from their traditional forms. I will show examples of modern agile methods at companies like Google, Etsy, Intuit, AirBnB and others. Finally, I’ll explain why starting with a modern approach may be less painful than beginning with older methods and how to safely modernize your current agile process.