I have decided James Shore knows Agile

I have been reading through James Shore's Top ten articles about Agile software development and I have decided the man knows what he is talking about. I started with The Decline and Fall of Agile which only served to back up what Mary Poppendieck said in her presentation "Is Agile a Fad?" at the October 27th Agile Denver meeting. I have since been reading other articles and have been impressed with knowledge. Here is his top ten list:

• The Decline and Fall of Agile - 14 Nov, 2008
  It's human nature to only do the stuff that's familiar and fun, and that's what has happened with Agile.
• Quality With a Name - 5 Apr, 2006
  What is good design?
• An Approximate Measure of Technical Debt - 19 Nov, 2008
  Introducing: The Spag.
• Kanban Systems - 15 Oct, 2008
  How, when, and why to use Kanban systems to eliminate iterations.
• Use Risk Management to Make Solid Commitments - 8 Oct, 2008
  How to use risk multipliers and risk-adjusted burn-up charts to make solid commitments to your executives.
• Continuous Integration is an Attitude, Not a Tool - 18 Aug, 2005
  CI tools make it easy to do the wrong thing.
• Beyond Story Cards: Agile Requirements Collaboration - 21 Mar, 2005
  Agile requirements, in-depth.
• Design Debt - 1 Feb, 2004
  Why we trash seven-figure software investments.
• Continuous Integration on a Dollar a Day - 27 Feb, 2006
  An easier, cheaper (and better) way to do continuous integration.
• Change Your Organization: A Diary - 10 Mar, 2006
  Six months of changing an organization from within.