Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Agile Values, Principles and Perspective

Agile Manifesto, which focusses on the Agile Values and Principles is well explained in the following website:
http://www.agilemanifesto.org/
In my opinion every team before embracing the Agile Practices must deeply understand the Agile Values and Principles well. This will really ensure that the team will adhere to the principles and not merely focuses on practices. We must realize that practices are just means to achieve agility.

Principles behind the Agile Manifesto
(http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html)

We follow these principles:
Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery
of valuable software.

Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development. Agile processes harness change for
the customer's competitive advantage.

Deliver working software frequently, from a
couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.

Business people and developers must work
together daily throughout the project.

Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
and trust them to get the job done.

The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development
team is face-to-face conversation.

Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile processes promote sustainable development.
The sponsors, developers, and users should be able
to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

Continuous attention to technical excellence
and good design enhances agility.

Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount
of work not done--is essential.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs
emerge from self-organizing teams.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how
to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts
its behavior accordingly.

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