So the article says all items on the Joel Test have stood the test of time except three: schedules, specs, and testers. These are supposed to be superseded by a

So the article says all items on the Joel Test have stood the test of time except three: schedules, specs, and testers. These are supposed to be superseded by agile practices. I'm skeptical. For one, agile methodologies like XP and Scrum had already existed for years before Joel wrote his article.