My main stage speech from Agile 2008 is available on InfoQ. It a 90 minute video with the powerpoint slides simultaneously displayed. This talk was aimed at the Agile community and pulled no punches about what I see as the failings within the Agile Alliance. It has attracted a lot of attention - most of it positive. Here are some of the comments...

I've just watch your presentation at InfoQ (Agile2008 - Future Directions...) and have to say that your ideas about the agile movement are like an island of wisdom in a sea of resistance for changing and adaptation (mainly at the enterprise level). We really need some fresh ideas like yours.

Your topic on organizational maturity, and the role it plays on a group's preparedness for new methods of thinking and working really resonated with a few of us and we are looking to get closer to some of the latest thought on the topic. Also, your encouragement to look for ways to improve your effectiveness 10-fold seems simple, but immediately helped me recognize some of my own blinders. Raised very good points. Excellent ideas. Insightful.

Will be interesting to see cmmi & kanban evolve. ... real options seem very complementary

Thought provoking stuff

Refreshing honesty about prejudice in agile community and how this hurts adaption and growth to "cross the chasm?"

Great talk, David. There's no reason CMMI & Agile can't coexist. We need to open to new ideas, even if they're old.

This was the presentation I was looking for and hadn't found in the conference so far. Compliments!

But there are always the dissenters. They represented about 15% of feedback. Here is a sample...

Very, very boring session

This seassion was a sales pitch for "Kanban" and Agile + CMMI (Dave's agenda) I have serious doubts on many things Dave tries to sell, regarding how well he really understands them. I think he is 80% fluff

As for that last comment, I let my work do the talking. If I don't understand CMMI why was I invited to co-author the official SEI Technical Note on CMMI + Agile and why is my book one of only two that the SEI endorses and allows to be sold at their SEPG conference - the other one if Boehm and Turner's Balancing Agility with Discipline? Meanwhile, the body of work that Corey and I have published on Kanban can be judged on its own merits and through the adoption we're seeing around the world. Anyway,... If you haven't seen it and have 90 minutes of your precious time to spare, check out what I had to say about the Agile community and what I would like to see in its future. I have made the presentation available here as a PDF for those who just want the slides.  Technorati tag: Agile+Management, CMMI, Lean, Kanban, David+Anderson, Agile+2008, InfoQ, Software+Engineering, Project+Management