Heart of Agile in the Age of AI, Elephant Carpaccio & XP | Alistair Cockburn | SAG 2025

Agile isn’t disappearing in the age of AI—it’s being distilled to its core. Alistair Cockburn shares a powerful perspective on how Agile has evolved – from the original manifesto to the Heart of Agile: Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve. He explains the idea behind "Elephant Carpaccio", reflects on his early involvement with Extreme Programming (XP) and its lasting influence on software craftsmanship. Looking ahead, Cockburn explores how AI is reshaping development speed, feedback cycles, and learning. In particular, he highlights mob programming and apprenticeship learning as key approaches to developing the next generation of engineers in an AI-driven world. A concise but deep look at Agile’s past, present, and future – from one of its original creators. #Heartofagile #agilemanifesto #AlistairCockburn #iSAQB #SoftwareArchitecture #programming #ElefenatCarpaccio #xp #AIdriven #developer #softskills #coding 00:20 – Introduction into Heart of Agile & Object Oriented Programming 02:08 – "Heart of Agile" – defining ideas and principles 03:18 – collaborate, deliver, reflect, improve... 04:05 – Applying agile Methods to any other human endeavour 06:12 – Using AI for sprint and fast developing 07:13 – What is "Elephant Carpaccio"? 08:46 – "Everybody in the world need that skill..." 11:05 – Micro-Improvements or "Solution-Focused Psychotherapie" 13:03 – What is Extreme Programming? 14:36 – TDD vs Side-by-Side Programming 17:08 – Using AI in Mob Programming and apprenticeship learning _______ Resources mentioned in this Interview: https://www.alistaircockburn.com _______ Save the date for iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering 2026, from November 16 to 19, 2026 in Berlin: https://sag.isaqb.org Follow us on: LinkedIn:   / isaqb.org   Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@isaqb Bluesky: https://isaqb.bsky.social Facebook: https://facebook.isaqb.org Instagram:   / isaqb.official   _______ Video Production ‪@Kameramensch-Filmproduktion‬ for iSAQB GmbH Executive Producer, DoP, Postproduction: Johannes Klemt Interviewer: Richard Wallintin (in Cooperation with ‪@WPS_DE‬) Sound Engineer, 2nd Camera OP: Vladimir Traut