Will and Jonathan have a conversation about whether or not you can use Scrum with DevOps.

Scrum is about progressing toward the sprint goal. If you don't have a reasonable sprint goal because you're interrupt driven, maybe Scrum isn't right for you.

The thing with agilists is they don't understand that sometimes we have deadlines.

Finger painting is an essential part of the Agile process.

Steve Pereira describes the concept of value stream mapping, and how it, and related techniques, can be used to improve the flow of practically any process from product ideation to delivery and customer experience. Steve is the founder of Visible, and is obsessed with making tech human, and leveraging it to deliver continuous value.

Even in the manifesto, the word "agile" is used as an adjective, not a noun. I think this clarifies the meaning significantly.

What if you're in a business where you know all the requirements up front, you do not need to respond quickly to change?

There are many times when you may want a WIP limit of less than 1 per team member. Here are some examples.

Start with a WIP limit equal to the number of people working a stage times a small number, such as 1.5 or 2. Then adjust up or down as necessary.

WIP limits help point out bottlenecks in your process, so you know where to focus attention for improvement.

Describing something as "agile" makes about as much sense as describing something as "big". Agility only exists in relation to something else.