+1

>There's more to software gardening than agile
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>My experience has shown (and talking to others, I'm not alone in this) that companies who fail at agile either 1) don't have management buy-in or 2) claim they are agile, but they're not doing things correctly.

>>Maybe I will attend. (Actually I will). I don't subscribe to the agile methodology. I worked for one company that was committed to agile and it was a joke. Even the manager I reported to said this is ridiculous. We all want shorter development cycles but TAANASFAFL. It really means running on your gut instincts. Not exactly architectural.