Editor's note: The original article on agileforall.com is no longer available. The summary below is a good-faith reconstruction with primary-source links for deeper reading.
Summary
The original article moved to humanizingwork.com. Below is a high-level timeline of major management movements that fed into Agile thinking.
Key Points
- Scientific Management (Taylor, 1911) — work studies, time-and-motion, optimal task design.
- Human Relations Movement (Mayo, 1930s) — Hawthorne studies, attention to social factors.
- Theory X & Y (McGregor, 1960) — assumptions about worker motivation.
- Lean Manufacturing (Toyota, 1950s–1990s) — flow, waste, continuous improvement.
- Total Quality Management (Deming, 1980s) — systems thinking applied to quality.
- Agile Manifesto (Snowbird, 2001) — synthesis of XP, Scrum, FDD, DSDM, Crystal.
- Reinventing Organizations (Laloux, 2014) — teal organizations and self-management.