Paul Gerrard wails on Jonathan Kohl
(via James Bach's Blog)
Initial (potentially muddy) thoughts on this: After reading Kohl's original post on post-Agile and his FAQ I have to say that I totally agree with what I think he's saying - consider all practices and use what makes sense for you. The term "post-Agile" doesn't resonate with me, however, since it doesn't say what it is. In the first post, he defines post-Agilism as "Process Skepticism". Why not call it that? Well, that term doesn't really say what it is either. You are skeptical of big-P process. I can get behind that idea. I've seen teams crash and burn from blindly following process. But then what? Again, what Kohl writes about this resonates with me but the name he applies to it doesn't seem to define what the result of it is.
Now that Agile is mainstream some are looking for the next thing. But how many "next things" do we have to go through to realize there's no real destination; only a continuing journey. Or maybe what it is is: Consider different ideas and do what makes sense in your situation. What would we call that?
Gerrard seems to be violently agreeing with what I see as the intent behind Kohl's posts. It feels to that there's more context to this than I as someone passing through and reading it know about.