Agreed. I always saw this as an extension of "fail fast" -- or an encouragement to experiment (even when those experiments aren't as successful as you'd like).

Agreed. I always saw this as an extension of "fail fast" -- or an encouragement to experiment (even when those experiments aren't as successful as you'd like). Sometimes, teams get stuck in 'analysis paralysis' -- and this was meant to be a type of antidote. To the folks that say this is a type of anti-pattern, I say: Either you haven't seen this implemented correctly (it helps if you have kids that you want to encourage to explore) or "There is more than one right way to be creative".