Welcome to the latest edition of the Carnival of Agilists - the rotating agile blogroll guiding you to the active voices in the agile community.

Agile 2007 is just around the corner (August 13-17) in Washington, DC. If you didn't get a reservation, it is too late as it sold out quickly. If you are going, you might want to browse the 16+ tracks of sessions that are going on all week. It will be difficult to chose among the solid choices.

Dave Nicolette has one of my favorite postings in this carnival. His Imposters post challenges the traditional view of success and failure based on predictive processing and blame. Do you agree with his agilists viewpoint? I do.

Glen Alleman says "It's slowly dawning on me" - why we call Agile Project Management "Agile Project Management" when it is not dealing with "Project Management" but rather with "Software Development"? I think he has a good point. Far too many of us are too narrowly minded on software development but talk about it as project management.

Mike Griffiths has written a comprehensive 3 part series on the Developments in Agile Project Management (also Part II and Part III). Mike covers accreditation, tools, leadership, and lean six sigma. I think you will find his thought process quite interesting. I did.

Mike Cohn points us to a recent CNN/Money magazine article indicating that Agile is #18 in his post Agile Listed in CNN's List of 50 Who Matter Now. Has agile crossed the chasm or is it still just a fad? I think successful experiences are feeding the growth. K

elly Waters provides the Top 10 agile development sites most visited as reported by Alexa. It looks like Martin Fowler is the big winner with the top two being his personal site and his company - Thoughtworks. Keep clicking the Carnival and bump us up to the Top 10!

Hal Newcomb looks at the economics of Doug Hall's article Fail Fast, Fail Cheap and says that "Fail Fast, Fail Cheap" Sounds like Scrum. I am beginning to see many of the best practices in project management and organizational development sound like Scrum.

Julie Brooks sees that agile transitions can be a real challenge for many organizations and being an agile coach can be a lonely job sometimes. Personally, I have been called an Agile Nazi in one situation - it can be difficult to hold your ground engaging traditional mindsets. So when we coaches get down, she wonders Who Coaches the Coach?

If you are an agile coach, you may be interested in the Scrum Alliance proposed new program under development designed for coaches. The Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) designation is for those who have been engaged with clients (as employees or consultants) helping them succeed with Scrum.

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