Agile´s Coming of Age ... or Not

The agile software development movement is displaying signs of maturity, with sobering, reconciliatory, and reflective undertones. An unscientific, informal survey of attendees at the Agile 2007 conference yielded several interesting results. Most respondents were not newcomers to the agile field. A small majority of respondents believed that agile had come of age and become mainstream. And an overwhelming majority said that "agile" had become a buzzword and that the field had had impact.