arguably the goal of any software project is... working software, no? i understand your point, but also think 'agile' is at least as much of a 'how' as much as

arguably the goal of any software project is... working software, no? i understand your point, but also think 'agile' is at least as much of a 'how' as much as a 'what', especially over the last 5 years or so. "agile" itself would seem to be a 'how'. "agile software development" as a phrase is describing - at least too many folks - 'how' the software development will be carried out. but... it's also a massive amount of hair splitting it seems.