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Tr a d i t i o n a l ( S o m e t i m e s ) a n d A g i l e O r g a n i z a t i o n a l P r o c e s s
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MYTH
Agile organizations are less disciplined than traditional organiza-
tions and do not really follow any processes.
It has been my experience that organizations that understand and imple-
ment Agile practices appropriately tend to be more disciplined
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in their
development and management practices than many traditional develop-
ment organizations. This is because they believe in their practices and
therefore gravitate to them in times of crisis rather than abandoning them, as
many more traditional organizations who don't really embrace their prac-
tices tend to do. The evidence of this often surfaces with the fervor that can
12. Refer to http://www.ddj.com/architect/201804241 for a supporting article by Scott Ambler titled
“The Discipline of Agile.”
