The values and principles of Agile
While this book is about agility, it is important to briefly define what Agile is. Agile was formally born in 2001, as an abstracted set of values and principles. 17 people, who were practicing their individual methodologies came together to define the manifesto and principles, which they believed to be common to all the underlying methodologies.
The Agile Manifesto
"We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more." [ii]
The creators of the Agile Manifesto also specified 12 principles that address areas such as incrementally delivering the highest value, welcoming change, self-organizing teams,...
