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In Praise of Simplicity

TalkinFrenchat Devoxx France 2026 · 2026-04-22..04-24· [soft-skills]
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Frédéric Leguédois examines whether modern agile practices have become unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic, asking if current methods are truly lightweight and adaptive. He discusses possibilities for simplifying agile approaches, using provocations and humor to challenge entrenched assumptions about agile processes.

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  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 1:34Tool standardization
  3. 3:40User roadmaps
  4. 5:26Future in agility
  5. 7:17Planning vs backlog
  6. 9:09Planning as security
  7. 11:42ROI prioritization
  8. 16:49Grocery-store prioritization
  9. 18:56User empathy prioritization
  10. 21:29Act to learn
  11. 23:14Planning illusion
  12. 24:18Medical emergency org
  13. 31:48Sync without planning
  14. 37:32Autonomous teams
  15. 40:00Simple agility
  16. 41:25Tortoise fable
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