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Agile is not best practices. http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/27 http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/27 Sorry, just one of my pet peeves, and describ

• DanielBMarkham 15y ago
  Nice rant! Sorry, but I'm not going to use "each person's generic current favorite practice" instead of "best practices", even though that's exactly what I mean. It may be more correct, but it just doesn't sound right to me. You are correct that the term is overused and doesn't provide a lot of descriptive power. Part of the problem is that when I say "Agile is best practices around iterative and incremental development" what I'm _trying_ to say is exactly that: it's fuzzy and difficult to get your head around and understand if you're new to the field. it varies greatly depending not only on the person you ask, but the particular circumstances. Everybody has a different set of favorites. So the things you rant about actually are good things for purposes of my description. The frustration you describe is exactly what newcomers find. I am not saying that there is a best way to do things which I will simply not describe. I am saying that a dozen people will have a dozen best ways, each of which may change drastically depending on the particular situation. I must describe this situation, and the phrase I used appears to me to be the best for doing that.