Because I am a smartaleck... In tribute to George Carlin (think Football vs. Baseball)

Traditional vs. Agile

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Stern Manly voice: In Traditional methods we drive to production.

Not so manly voice: In Agile methods we iterate until it's good enough. 

Stern Manly voice: In Traditional methods we push a system out the door.

Not so manly voice: In Agile methods we deliver a demonstrable piece.

Stern Manly voice: In traditional we have firm and well defined requirements in documents in a repository.

Not so manly voice: In Agile we have loosely written user stories on post cards on a wall.

Stern Manly voice: In traditional the Project Manager is the quaterback of the group and guides the team to the release date.

Not so manly voice: In Agile we are all equal on the team and run together through the sprint.

Stern Manly voice: In traditional we have specifically trained people who wear a specific hat.

Not so manly voice: In Agile we have cross-trained people who can wear multiple different colored hats.

Stern Manly voice: In traditional we meet on a predifined weekly schedule to discuss the progress of the work.

Not so manly voice: In Agile we meet every day for 15 minutes to talk about what's blocking us.

Stern Manly voice: In traditional the product is the most important deliverable in the project regardless of individual contribution.

Not so manly voice: In Agile the people are the most important thing because we want them to feel good about their product.