Welcome to Phil & Bart's Extreme Adventures where we talk about all sorts of software engineering topics. In this first episode we introduce ourselves and try to answer the question, "What does agile mean?"

Show outline

0:00 Intro to the podcast

4:10 Introductions

9:29 Our first exposure to agile ideas

21:18 What is agile?

29:30 Where has agile lost its way?

36:58 Importance of software engineering in scaling up

41:47 Thoughts on Scrum

References in this show

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast: 20 Years of Agile: https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/podcasts/technology-podcasts/20-years-agile

Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright

Agile Is Getting Us Nowhere Fast: https://www.forbes.com/sites/frog/2022/04/20/agile-is-getting-us-nowhere-fast/?sh=78860a2719f1

Integrating Agile Development In The Real World by Peter Schuh

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency by Tom DeMarco

Modern Agile: https://modernagile.org/

Quality

Phil & Bart's Extreme Adventures (in modern software engineering)By Philip Mander & Bart den HaakJul 10, 2022