A good friend was asked to talk to the executive management and give a brief 10 minute talk about Agile. But she was asked to not mention Agile. The context of that challenge is interesting and could hint at all kinds of good or bad reasons. But I was surprised when I saw other Agile coaches struggle with this challenge. They were drawn to talking about “Value Streams”, “Lean Flow” and “Release on Demand” but those are very Agile centric jargon that may not mean anything to someone a few steps removed from the software development. So I wanted to set myself a challenge: Ten ways you can talk about Agile without talking about Agile. Might be you want to sell someone on the value in Agile or just want to ensure you’re using a shared language. These are options you can present.
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