Guest View: Agile tablets in the cloud

By IB Phoolen

April 1, 2011 — (Page 2 of 2)

Agile. Agile has won. But what has it won? More than a decade after the Agile Manifesto (you know, I was one of the original signatories, right? Well, not really. But I once had a tasty cheese-and-bean burrito in downtown Provo, which is only 50 miles from Snowbird), “agile” has won the right to be considered “mainstream.” Hurray!

If your managers or minions are wondering, “Should we go agile?” your response should be, “Get over it.” It’s like saying, “Should we be using hexadecimal?” The clearly unequivocal answer is, to coin an expression, “Yes.”

Does that mean that agile is the right tool for every job? To coin another expression, “No.” It’s just like sometimes you don’t want to use hexadecimal. Sometimes something else makes more sense, like octal or dodecahedral. But understanding what it means to be agile, understanding the essential element of agility, is essential if you’re in a modern software development organization.

To summarize: Agile isn’t the future—it’s the present... And we are sheep. Baaah!

I.B. Phoolen is a retired software architect who believes in fast cars, fast compilers, fast watches and fast food. To I.B., qaulity is always Job #1. He blogs rarely at ibphoolen.blogspot.com.

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04/02/2011 05:18:36 AM EST

Is this just for April Fools day? Aha, tablet in the cloud! BTW: for iPad users, these must interest u! http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/39307/best-ipad-2-apps http://www.wikihow.com/Get-and-Watch-Free-Movies-on-Ipad

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