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In February 2001 a group of software authors and consultants met at Snowbird, Utah, to explore areas of common ground. After much discussion, this group produced the Agile Manifesto and the Agile movement that followed quickly became the highest profile software discussion topic in recent memory.
Six years have now passed since the Snowbird conference. What contributions has Agile made to the software industry, and what lessons has the software industry learned about Agile development during that time? In this talk, award-winning author and Construx's CEO, Steve McConnell, draws on Construx's extensive consulting work to dissect the legacy of Agile software development. McConnell names the Agile practices that have worked well for Construx's clients and describes the failure modes of the Agile practices that have tended to fail. Finally, he puts Agile development into a historical perspective--making a few predictions about Agile's lasting contributions to the software field.
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