Welcome to Phil & Bart's Extreme Adventures where we talk about all sorts of software engineering topics. In this first episode we introduce ourselves and try to answer the question, "What does agile mean?" 

Show outline 

0:00 Intro to the podcast 

4:10 Introductions 

9:29 Our first exposure to agile ideas 

21:18 What is agile? 

29:30 Where has agile lost its way? 

36:58 Importance of software engineering in scaling up 

41:47 Thoughts on Scrum 

References in this show 

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast: 20 Years of Agile: https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/podcasts/technology-podcasts/20-years-agile 

Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright 

Agile Is Getting Us Nowhere Fast: https://www.forbes.com/sites/frog/2022/04/20/agile-is-getting-us-nowhere-fast/?sh=78860a2719f1 

Integrating Agile Development In The Real World by Peter Schuh 

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency by Tom DeMarco 

Modern Agile: https://modernagile.org/