Rereading the Agile Manifesto now that AI "does everything"
AI can propose and build, but if we let it also decide what we do, we are handing it the baton. In 2001, seventeen professionals gathered at a ski resort and wrote four statements that changed the way we work, because they moved the baton from processes to people. With AI we are losing it again, and if we want teams where talent and direction are human, the Agile Manifesto is more relevant than ever. Agility seemed to be synonymous with speed: more deliveries in short sprints. Now that speed comes standard, when an afternoon produces what used to take weeks, what agility really is becomes clear: learning early, deciding with judgment, and not losing sight of people. AI has not displaced the Agile Manifesto. It has taken away its excuses. After a year of incorporating AI into product management and development, I am seeing that the more power AI gains, which happens every month, the more necessary the principles that seemed outdated become.
