Values aligned to agility

Companies that have a high level of agility have a common pattern of enterprise values. These values are not only a sign of high agility but are also enablers to enhancing agility. Values can be broadly categorized into internal-oriented values, that is, how people inside the company treat each other, and external-oriented values, namely, how the enterprise treats its external entities and how it expects to be seen by the external world. These values may overlap with each other.

Internal-oriented values

Some of the methodologies under Agile have explicitly specified the values that enhance agility. Scrum has specified the following values, along with their meanings: focus, courage, openness, commitment, and respect [xii]. Extreme Programming (XP) has specified the following values, along with their meanings: simplicity, communication, feedback, respect, and courage. [xiii]

There is also a view that the Agile Manifesto reflects four key values of agility. Some other...