Sadly, I feel that most Agile/XP posts are mis-informed rants, but this essay was really good. It covers many of the changes that are happening. Especially note

Sadly, I feel that most Agile/XP posts are mis-informed rants, but this essay was really good. It covers many of the changes that are happening. Especially noteworthy for folks who haven't checked into Agile/XP for a while are "Collective Code-Ownership becomes Collective Product-Ownership" and "Test-First Programming becomes Monitoring-First Programming" Yes, there's a ton of folks who are lost in the woods when it comes to all of this, but there are also a heckuva lot of folks that are taking it to the next level. It's really cool to see the community evolving.