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The key to Shu Ha Ri is realizing that it's a process and that it cannot be rushed. Agile the term means nothing, it's like saying "Martial Arts". The actual methodologies like XP and Scrum are like the individual arts themselves -- Aikido and Wing Chun to name a couple.

Nobody ever suggests that we should remove the term "Martial Arts" because it doesn't really define anything itself. And nobody suggests we stop teaching Aikido or Wing Chun because the top UFS and Pride champions are mixed martial artists who study many forms and tune them into their own personal styles.

The inimitable Clinton Begin, responding to the ThoughtWorks Debates Agility article on InfoQ today.