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Going Agile: Are We Solving Today's Problem or Implementing Yesterday's Solution?

Posted December 9, 2010 | Leadership |

In the late 1990s, every newcomer in the search-engine space seemed to have every feature of its predecessor and more. Each was trying to win the home-page war in an arms race of feature one-upmanship. The more complicated search engines became, the less they seemed to be solving the real problem.1

Then, in 1998, a new upstart from Stanford University came along. It was focused on solving the original problem; quickly finding the most relevant information in the growing ocean of Web content. As we all know, Google changed the game forever.

About The Author
Antony Marcano
Mr. Marcano is an international consultant with 10 years experience in agile. He is listed on Twitter by the British Computer Society as among the top ICT professionals in the UK and regularly lectures on agile methods for Oxford University’s post-graduate degree course. Mr. Marcano has extensive experience in company-wide agile transformations, agile coaching, process reengineering, and software development. His advice and coaching has… Read More
Andy Palmer
Mr. Palmer is an international consultant with eight years experience in agile methods. He has experience across multiple sectors, including telecommunications, investment banking, retail, and media and is listed on Twitter by the British Computer Society as among the top ICT professionals in the UK. Mr. Palmer has co-lectured on agile methods for Oxford University’s post-graduate degree course and has extensive experience in company-wide agile… Read More
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