Agile Infusion of SCRUM with Bob Schatz

I'm enjoying listening to Scrum-Bob aka Bob Schatz at the inaugural meeting of the
North Alabama Agile special interest group
http://tinyurl.com/agilehsv1
tonight @ Intergraph (7pm 3/9/9)

Here's Bob's site: http://www.agileinfusion.com/

Title: Agile & PMBOK

9 Knowledge Areas:
Prj/Scope/Time/Cost/Quality Mgmt + Human Resources
+ Communications
+ Risk Management + Procurement

Vs. 5 Phases
Initiation + Planning
+ Execution
+ Monitoring & Controlling
+ Closing

PMBOK is stale and has really no upward mobility aspect for change or adaptation to new ways of working.
Agile however is not a majic bullet and nothing can "guarantee success on a project". Bob's good words. I agree.

Unless the pigs and chickens play well, you can't get from point A -> B period.

High change environments like coding dotNet for example implies need for iterative changes to follow the needs of the environment. That's why Agile helps avoid conflicts, you're adapting instead of fighting an uphill battle. Instead of turning on a dime in an Agile way, you may find yourself with scope creep where you can't react to customer feedback early.

Agile implies being an "Experimentalist" where "problems are addressed immediately though rapid experimentation".

Bob: "I never saw it as a battle"
the goal being high-quality s/w with value. Stop fighting over which, just use what you're successful at.