Last weekend I attended Startup Weekend event, looking to have fun trying to build something fast from a simple idea pitch. First day more than 80% of the crowd were business / marketing peoples. Designers were scarce and half of the few developers disappeared during the second day. Maybe I’m a masochist but decided to stay until the end, I figured I’d learn something about the agile event fauna. And I did: in most cases the agile methodology is stepping on top of rational thinking.
Do before you think and fail fast is good, only when you know how to do.
Last time I was on SW I had a lot of fun, but last weekend’s experience was somewhat sad. Gurus and their new methodologies might have some to teach, but will never replace rational thinking.