The Dehumanisation of Agile and Objects • James Coplien • GOTO 2017

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2017. #GOTOcon #GOTOber http://gotober.com James Coplien - Lean/Agile Process & Architecture Coach; Founder of the Pasteur Organizational Patterns Project @jamescoplien5257 ABSTRACT It can easily be argued that agile grew out of the spirit of object orientation: its focus on change, on anthropomorphism, and on people. Alan Kay saw objects as a way for people to connect with their environments through their machines. As late as the 1980s people were still talking about anthropomorphic [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:10 A Family Tree 06:09 The Agile Manifesto 16:29 Genetic Epistemology 19:18 Where have objects gone wrong? 30:14 Where has Agile gone wrong? 32:48 Agile has lost its roots 34:50 and the good parts are little understood 38:47 The Common Enemies 40:22 Restoring Focus 46:23 Elusive lands over the horizon 46:52 Organizational Learning Models 47:30 Failure to Dream Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotober.com/2017/sessions/297 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Subramaniam & Hunt • Practices of an Agile Developer • https://amzn.to/2XjbWor Uncle Bob • Clean Agile • https://amzn.to/3tpAqb5 Derby, Larsen & Schwaber • Agile Retrospectives • https://amzn.to/3hB4eNk Kent Beck & Cynthia Andres • Extreme Programming Explained • https://amzn.to/3muIlCm Jeff Sutherland • Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time • https://amzn.to/2X4GQAD https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Agile #AgileManifesto #XP #AgileDevelopment #JamesCoplien CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1