[taurath]

Why do you have to ascribe good practices such as confirming work necessities as being “Agile” or not? The word (as a proper noun) to me has lost all meaning having been inane different workplaces, all of which claim to be “Agile”.

[chiefalchemist]

I've also witnessed agile being used as a excuse for "We're not going to take the time to understand the problem. We're not going to work with the client so that they understand their own problem. Nah. Insted, just do the work. Do what you're told. If we miss the target we'll fix it in another sprint. They're paying. NBD."

[tcbasche]

It’s funny because that outcome is almost certainly the opposite of agility. Just do the work and hope it’s what they wanted.

[arendtio]

Actually, because I also feel that the word has been used in many contexts and I would like to sharpen the meaning. So you might say, that I could go around an find all things that work aka good practices and say 'This is Agile', but in fact Martin Fowler (one of initial authors), said, that they even discussed calling it 'Conversational' but ultimately choose 'Agile' [1]. I think that example shows, how important verbal communication is, from the perspective of the Agile Manifesto.

[1] https://youtu.be/G_y2pNj0zZg?t=1399