Martin Fowler gives us lots to chew on in the form of a speech on the state of agile software development in 2018. We start a series responding to Fowler by examining the Agile Industrial Complex - proponents of the "one true way" of agile development and out-of-the-box methodologies - and why Squirrel thinks the buyers and sellers of these "solutions" are doomed to failure by their "Theory X" cultures.

SHOW LINKS:

- Fowler on the State of Agile 2018: https://martinfowler.com/articles/agile-aus-2018.html

- Theory X and Theory Y: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y

- The Military-Industrial Complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex

- Crossing the Chasm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm

- Cynefin Framework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework

- Community of Solutions and Community of Needs: https://theitriskmanager.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/communities-of-need-community-of-solutions/

- CITCON: http://citconf.com/

Fowler's State of Agile 2018 - Part One

Troubleshooting Agile is a problem-solving session for agile teams. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel look at common problems agile teams face and provide practical, immediately useful advice for getting back on track.