An Agile Umbrella
Bee-ing agile! To capitalize Agile or not to capitalize agile? Is it Scrum, scrum, or SCRUM? Kanban, KAnbAn, KanbAn, KAnban? While spelling is important, I prefer to put more emphasis on simply "being" agile. For me, Agile is an umbrella that covers a myriad of methodologies and practices that encourage teams to work with a growth mindset to collaborate, communicate transparently, and deliver value. The amazing honeybee is a good example. She is often called a bee, a bumblebee, or even a wasp. But she just goes about her business supporting the hive, sharing the location of pollen, and producing a delicious product. She's not concerned about being named "honeybee" or "Honey Bee". The term Agile gets used a lot in business today, and not without a fair amount of ambivalence. If we focus on specific practices, it is easy to relegate it all to only software development. But, if we instead consider all of the tools available under the agile...