The Myths

Simple solutions are always best.

• never create frameworks.
• never write code that isn’t immediately self-explanatory.
• if I don’t understand your code, your design is too complex.
• Building in flexibility is always over-engineering.

Don’t worry about the architecture — The Architecture will evolve.

• Agile means no plan
• Agile doesn’t need up front design
• Unit tests are all you need.

Agile is a silver bullet solution to software engineering problems

• Agile processes (such as TDD& Scrum) I will make us super productive .
• Agile processes will be easy to duplicate in our organization.
• Agile is the process that fits everything.
• Agile works on all sizes of projects.
• Agile will help insure that we will have good, clean, quality  code.

Agile means I can change my mind whenever I want to.

• We can always easily adapt to changing requirements (next requirements).
• You can change the system fast!!!
• If you don’t want to change … you are not Agile.
• We don’t need any commitments or process, we are Agile!

Agile means you never have to write documentation.