I've seen agile work and not work. It doesn't transmit well from a book or blog post. I think it's fairer to say that excitement generated by a new concept att

I've seen agile work and not work. It doesn't transmit well from a book or blog post. I think it's fairer to say that excitement generated by a new concept attracts dilution by bullshit artists and folks learning via the telephone game. By the time the hubbub dies down, the original sparks of insight have long since drowned in a sea of mediocrity, ranging from the shallows of well-meaning ignorance through to the dangerous deeps of machiavellianism.