Cargo cult Agile
This was a new term to me, but apparently is what the cool IT execs call the bad habit of applying the A-word to pretty much any process that doesn’t have the word Waterfall printed on the cover. It is often an excuse or synonym for not planning things and the wiser end of the interim CTOs now have this as a thing to be wary of (or be paid to fix) when looking at new assignments.
In fact, the word “toxic” came up several times as we covered how IT groups and sometimes whole companies apply what they perceive as Agile with little specific training and often simply see it as…