> I think it’s fair to consider companies offering Agile training and certifications to be custodians of the Agile philosophy. God no. There’s some good traini

> I think it’s fair to consider companies offering Agile training and certifications to be custodians of the Agile philosophy. God no. There’s some good training out there, but a whole lot more bottom feeders. I include all the certification mills in that category. Certifications are a racket. > Our team was sent to a week long SAFe Agilist certification course. Our management was notably absent. Par for the course, sadly. > I think Agile fails because the manifesto says nothing more about management’s role other than “business people and developers will work together.” Agile’s a big tent and a lot of people have written about agile management. Johanna Rothman is particularly prolific. (I have a few things to say about it in my book, too.) If managers aren’t learning about Agile management, it’s because they’re not looking, not because the information isn’t out there. Although I think part of the reason they’re not looking is because Scrum was so successful, and Scrum is fairly anti-management, or at least has nothing to say about it. (Scrum’s success has been both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, Agile probably wouldn’t be on everyone’s lips today if XP was still carrying the torch. On the other hand, Scrum’s surface simplicity and cash-grabbing certification scheme opened the door to some truly awful training.)