Specifying Requirements With a Wall of Wonder

Most of us are familiar with the tension between some developers' desire for loose, flexible processes and project and business demands for rigorous, disciplined software development. In my experience, successful companies are those that assemble collaborative teams of dedicated software professionals who exploit the strengths of both positions. These people recognize that nuggets of rigor and discipline lie at the heart of well-executed agile methods, and that within the soul of disciplined methods lie adaptability and openmindedness. In project after project, I have seen those with a collaborative vision and approach succeed where traditional, "lone wolf" approaches have failed.