Open Discussion: The Definition of Agile

This morning I sent an email to my development and QA team leads. It was a response to a discussion we had all had a couple weeks ago about the definition of Agile Software Development and whether my plan for next year (2013) was more Agile than our current approach. Below is the bulk of the email.

the flow stopper

I have had this idea bouncing around in my head for the past 10+ years. The idea is relatively simple and exists in certain, more industrial environments. My idea is to have a product that would enable the user to stop the flow of water at the sink by activating a foot pedal. This would…