Epics, Themes, Initiatives, Features, Stories. Clear Articulation Needed

Question

There seems to be so much written online. Unfortunately in a lot of publications, a lot of the terms are synonymous/interchangeable and/or open to interpretation.Agile has it's roots in Software Development but is seeping more and more into other disciplines. Entire organisations are now going Agile.However, most people have wild and varying understanding of the these terms.How would you ELI5 the relationships/hierarchies between Epics, Themes, Initiatives, Features, Stories, Tasks, etc. and do you have any templates that you recommend to ensure people have the same understanding?

memetherapy · Accepted Answer

None of these things has anything to do with agile, they are all from scrum. Scrum is not agile as it is the very definition of prioritizing processes and tools over individuals and interactions. If you want to learn about scrum, you have asked the right questions, but if you want to learn about agile development read the agile software manifesto and run away screaming from scrum.[1] https://agilemanifesto.org/