I can't help but feel a bit irritated about this post of Joel's. It's rehashing some very old Agile ideas as if they were somehow fresh and new, all in support

I can't help but feel a bit irritated about this post of Joel's. It's rehashing some very old Agile ideas as if they were somehow fresh and new, all in support of yet another project management tool. (As if we need another one of those.) Anyway, I'm glad he's helping to spread these ideas. I just wish Joel had been a bit more forthcoming about the rich history he's drawing from, and would give people the opportunity to read up on it in more detail. (Relatedly, if you're interested in how these ideas apply to multi-team development, I did a talk at Philly ETE earlier this year about applying the Lean and Kanban to large-scale Agile development. Here's the video: http://vimeo.com/43956744 http://vimeo.com/43956744 )