2009 Most Famous Agile Personality Award
Posted by Christophe on January 10, 2009
While the Hollywood crowd is anxiously waiting for the “66th Annual Golden Globe Awards”(to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 – 11 p.m. EST), I have the honor to present the First “Most Famous Agile Personality” Award.
Using a mix of tools (google trends, google keywords, wordtracker), I calculated the most agile personality in 2008.
The nominees (in no particular order):
- Esther Derby
- Mike Cohn
- Diana Larsen
- David Anderson
- Kenji Hiranabe
- Jeff Sutherland
- Ken Schwaber
- Jean Tabaka
- Ron Jeffries
- James Shore
- Mary Poppendieck
- Joe Little
- Linda Rising
And the winner is…
Dilbert!
(clap – clap – clap)
This is no joke. The key phrase “Dilbert agile” has been searched far more than any other “put_a_personality_name_here agile” search.
I know, I know. I hear already that this is not a proper comparison.
But this tells me the agile community still has a long road ahead to get agile widely adopted.
To next year’s 2nd edition.
Martin said
Interesting. I did a similar exercise at the end of 2008 (see http://www.martinproulx.com/2008/12/which-agile-thought-leader-has-most.html) and realized that there isn’t a Most Famous Agile Personality but a few opinion leaders. While there are a few popular names, nobody has yet taken the #1 spot for notoriety.
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