See http://agilemanifesto.org/ and Agile software development
In sum, agility is good. Agile as a noun was never intended by those who started it all[1].
Good Reads
- You MUST read Agile is Dead by Matthew Kern
- Agile is Dead - the Angry Developer version (short)
- Disciplined Agile Development (Beyond Scrum)
- Disciplined Agile Delivery promotes repeatable results over repeatable processes.
- Agile terminology is broken
- Agility v. Maturity by Matthew Kern discusses Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)