If you said sprints, backlogs or user stories, then you're either a veteran software developer or ... a public radio employee? Wait, wait don't tell me that , and (gasp) attend daily standups?

Well, no. But the folks developing the next might. Turns out that Agile isn't just for nerds -- er, tech professionals -- anymore. More and more it's being used for the management of non-software -- nay, non-technical -- projects. Construction, baby planning, and, yes, even new public radio programming development are being managed via Agile and Scrum to do things faster, cheaper and more efficiently.

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NPR has recently adopted a new . Traditionally, the development of new NPR programs has involved a lot of upfront time and money to create a show and prepare for launch. New shows were rolled out slowly (over months and years), the costs were high (millions of dollars) and change was slow.

Stop me if this is giving you visions of dancing in your head.