Agile2009 trip report: Where it's heading

Since I didn't get to attend Agile2009 in Chicago last month, I'm glad for this trip report:

http://blog.outsystems.com/aboutagility/2009/08/agile2009-trip-report.html

These are the take-aways I'm noodling about:

• Agile is live: Most that were just studying it from the sidelines are now hip-deep in active projects.
• Agile is established: Participation suggests that it's huge, growing, and profoundly global.
• Sprint durations have dramatically collapsed, to a standard of 2 weeks (which feels optimal, per my experience).
• Agile no longer means small, co-located teams: large, distributed teams are common. For better or for worse, face-to-face is a luxury that few shops can support.
• Metrics must focus on progress; measuring people is fundamentally destructive.